Broad range gene and genotype papillomavirus transcriptome as a biomarker of papillomavirus-associated cancer stages

ABSTRACT

The present invention provides compositions, kits, and method for determining the levels of expression of human polyoma or papillomavirus species and RNA transcripts. These levels can be used for the prognosis of risk of developing virally-induced cancers. The ratio (R) between early and late transcripts is indicative of HPV infections associated with higher risk of developing genital neoplasia and cancer.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

HPV infections are associated with the development of cervix carcinomaand possibly other cancers like head and neck cancers. For example,cancer of the cervix is one of the most common cancers among women inall countries. Human papillomaviruses (HPV) are the etiologic agentsresponsible for over 99% of all cancers of the cervix. HPVs are DNAviruses commonly transmitted through sexual contact, which include morethan 100 genotypes. Human Papillomaviruses are small, non-enveloped DNAviruses, approximately 55 nm in diameter, that infect basal cells andreplicate in the nucleus of squamous epithelial cells. The genomicorganization of each of the papillomaviruses is similar and can bedivided into three functional regions. Following infection, the earlyHPV genes (E6, E7, E1, E2, E4 and E5) are expressed and the viral DNAreplicates from the episomal form of the virus. In the upper layer ofthe epithelium the viral genome is replicated further, and the lategenes (L1 and L2) and E4 are expressed. The shed virus can then initiatenew infections.

Human papillomaviruses (HPV) are viruses displaying a high geneticdiversity. About one hundred HPV types which are classified in differentgenus, mainly the alpha, beta and gamma genus. Within these genus, manyspecies have been identified. HPV classification is based on the genomicsequence of the L1 gene which encodes the major capsid protein. Thedifferent HPV types are characterized by their tissue tropism, and HPVtypes with either cutaneous or mucosal tropism can be distinguished.They are also characterized by their oncogenic potential and one candistinguish between highly oncogenic HPV types (high-risk HPV) andweakly oncogenic HPV types (low-risk HPV).

HPV infections are very common and depending on the HPV types and hostimmune defense, the infection disappears in 6-12 months in 90% of women.According to a recent CDC report, there are 14 million new HPVinfections each year in the USA alone, which account for 50% of sexuallytransmitted infections (STIs). This means that 1.4 million individualsare each year at risk of developing HPV induced cancer. Two HPV vaccineshave been approved, but they are not broadly used in the totalpopulation. In addition, these vaccines only cover several types such asHPV6, 11, 16 and 18 and leave unprotected a significant part of thepopulation.

Since HPV are common viruses that can cause usually warts and becausethere are more than 100 types of HPV, diagnosis and disease managementare complex. It is even further complicated taken that most HPVs aredeemed harmless, and so far only about 14 types have been shown to beassociated with increased risk of cancer. These HPV types affect thegenital tract and are transmitted through sexual contact with aninfected partner. As of today, HPV types have been classified aslow-risk or high-risk HPVs according to observations in clinicalcohorts. Low-risk HPVs have been classified according to theirassociation with genital warts; whereas High-risk HPVs (HR HPVs) areidentified as a limited number of types which are shown to inducecancers of the cervix, vulva, vagina, and anus in women. In men, theseHigh-risk HPVs can lead to cancers of the anus and penis.

Cancer biomarkers in HPV-related cancers are greatly needed for a betterdiagnostic of pre-cancer and cancer stages of the disease, prognosis andtherapeutic management.

Despite the responsibility of HR HPVs in most cervix cancers, screeningtests of cancer remain mainly based on the Pap cytology test and not onHPV tests. This is largely due to the limitations of current moleculartests. HPV DNA identification of HR HPVs is not fully predictive ofcancer: only high loads of HPV16 and possibility persistence for monthsof HR-HPVs are associated with an increased risk of cancer development.Thus, the usage of DNA HPV tests, as a screening assay, shows lowpositive predictive value for CIN2/3 lesions. Expression of E6 and E7mRNAs of HR HPVs has been proposed as a better marker of cancerdevelopment, but E6 and E7 are expressed during HPV acute infection, soit remains difficult to define a threshold of expression associated topersistence and cancer development.

Low-grade intraepithelial lesions are a site of productive viralreplication. Progression to high-grade intraepithelial lesions andinvasive carcinomas is associated with a persistent high-risk HPVinfection and often integration of the HPV genome into the hostchromosomes, loss or disruption of E2 and subsequent upregulation of E6and E7 expression. E6 and E7 are the oncogenes of the virus andexpression of these genes is required for malignant transformation.Among others, E6 and E7 mediate degradation of the tumor suppressors p53and RB, respectively, and interfere with cell-cycle regulation. E6 andE7 proteins from low-risk types are less competent in interfering withp53 and pRb functions than E6/E7 proteins from high-risk types.Therefore, low-risk HPV infections are associated with benignproliferations, such as genital warts and low-grade intraepitheliallesions prone to regress.

Different techniques are available today for detecting HPV based on DNAtyping. For example, the COBAS (Roche) and APTIMA (GEN-PROBE) kits arePCR tests of specific targets intended for the qualitative in vitrodetection of mRNA of the L1 gene from 14 types of human papillomavirus(HPV) virus considered High risk (HPV 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51,52, 56, 58, 59, 66 and 68). However, both of these HPV Assays do notdistinguish the differences between the 14 High-risk types. In fact,only 6 different results are obtainable: HPV16 positive or negative,HPV18 positive or negative, others 12 HPVs positive or negative. LINEARARRAY HPV Genotyping Test (Roche) is a qualitative test that detects 37high- and low-risk human papillomavirus genotypes, including thoseconsidered a significant risk factor for High-grade SquamousIntraepithelial (HSIL) progression to cervical cancer. This test is aqualitative in vitro test for the detection of Human Papilloma Virus inclinical specimens. The test utilizes amplification of target DNAs byPCR of the late gene L1 of HPV DNA genotypes 6, 11, 16, 18, 26, 31, 33,35, 39, 40, 42, 45, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59, 61, 62, 64, 66, 67,68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73 (MM9) (novel type related to HPV73), 81, 82 (MM4)(novel type related to HPV82), 83 (MM7) jnovel type related to HPV83),84 (MM8) (novel type related to HPV84), IS39 and CP6108. The digene HC2HPV DNA Test, developed by Qiagen, is based on Capture Hybridization ofHPV DNAs (L1 gene) for the qualitative detection of 18 types (HPV 16,18, 26, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 53, 56, 58, 59, 66, 68 [68a], 73,82MM4 [82IS39]) in cervical specimens.

More recently, NucIiSENS EasyQ HPV was made available to qualitativedetection of oncogenes E6/E7 mRNAs of 5 specific High risk HPVs 16, 18,31, 33 and 45. Detection of HPV E6 and E7 has been proposed as a bettercorrelate of cancer development than HPV DNA.

In addition, WO2011/088573 (Her Majesty The Queen In Right of Canada asrepresented by The Minister of Health), describes a set of probes todetect and Identify 46 specifically targeted species of mucosal humanpapillomaviruses (HPV). These probes are used as a multiplex assay basedon nested PCR amplification and the Luminex xMAP technology forgenotyping DNA of L1 genes of HPV types 6, 11, 13, 16, 18, 26, 30, 31,32, 33, 35, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 58, 59, 61, 62,66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90,91 and 97.

All the molecular tests currently described for HPV identification usemolecular techniques based on species/genus genotype specificoligonucleotides binding to specifically amplify and/or probepapillomavirus nucleic acids. In addition, these tests all share aspecific qualitative detection restricted to some specific HPVs, but nota general and broad range of HPVs. Finally, the presence of HPV nucleicacid, especially DNA, does not mean the presence of cervical dysplasiaor cervical cancer.

The inventors analyzed clinical data of cohorts of HPV infectedindividuals and considered that about 15% of patients are not positivefor one of the classified High-risk HPVs but yet, they are at risk ofdeveloping HPV induced cancers. Therefore, there is a need to design anew HPV assay with a transversal and broad approach not limited to fewspecific HPV types. Moreover, the profile expression of the viral genesmust be characterized. In fact, HPV infection during cancer developmentis associated with a shift from productive infection towardsnon-productive infection characterized by a high level of E6 and E7 andlow levels of expression E2 and of late genes, often associated with anintegration of HPV DNA in the host chromosomes, at least for HPV16. Inconnection with the present invention, the inventors investigated sharedhomology of sequences of all HPV types and no clear global homologiesare found within features between polypeptide or nucleic acid sequences.

The inventors designed consensus primers within all intra subgroupalpha, and HPV-species specific composition of primers encompassingsplice junctions, genomic and unspliced regions, and human fusiontranscript regions of each HPV transcript. It is therefore providedhereafter several compositions of primers depending on the desiredspecificity and coverage of the test. The inventors propose here anapproach for detecting cancer or risk of developing cancer not limitedto the specific HPVs known today to be classified as High-risk. Thus, tobypass the limitation of the current tests above, the present inventiondoes not rely on the above 14 HR species/genotype specificoligonucleotides binding to specifically amplify and/or probepapillomavirus few DNAs or few transcripts. It relies in one aspect onidentification of the different gene transcripts based onHigh-Throughput sequencing, which allows for furthertranscripts/species/genotype identification based on sequence comparisonwith known alpha-papillomavirus sequences in relevant databases. Thishas the advantage of being capable of testing simultaneously thedifferent transcripts of a great number of papillomavirusgenotypes/species and to identify relevant biomarkers along the widerange of HR and LR HPVs.

The invention also provides generic consensus primers allowing a broadamplification or pre-amplification of relevant genes of alpha HPV, notdepending on the specific transcripts of the 14 HR HPVs, which areamenable to PCR testing or enhance signal/noise ratio in connection withthe High-Throughput sequencing mentioned above.

More particularly, the invention relates to identification of all E6/E7transcripts in a given sample, and recognizing to whichspecies/genotypes they belong to, sorting the reads corresponding toother viral transcripts of the same genotype/species so as to computeratios defining relative molecular abundance of transcripts within this(these) given genotype(s) as biomarker of cancer development.

The inventors therefore designed a kit for HPV diagnosis based on abroad screening of the level of E6 and/or E7 mRNAs within the groupalpha of HPVs. In the test described in details below, the inventorsdesigned consensus primers allowing amplification or pre-amplificationE6 and/or E7 mRNAs of genotypes of sub-group alpha to detect the levelof expression of, wherein a significant expression level of E6 and/or E7of group alpha HPVs in a single time point or over time is indicative ofrisk of developing HPV induced cancers. Following broad rangeamplification with consensus HPV primers or with HPV primers designed toperform a first step of HPV specific Reverse transcription reaction, theinventors also propose to quantitate E6 and or E7 as reads delivered bynext generation sequencing techniques.

The present invention also provides a method for determining the levelof expression of structural or late viral proteins such as L1 or L2. Insuch embodiment, a ratio R1 between E6 and/or E7 and and/or L2 isdetermined, and compared to a ratio R found in low risk ornon-persistent HPV infections, wherein a ratio R1 below a referencevalue R is indicative of HPV infections associated with higher risk ofdeveloping genital neoplasia and cancer.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The invention provides a high through put sequencing method allowingrelative quantification of reads across oncogenic viruses, such aspolyoma virus or group alpha HPV, preferably group alpha HPV, comprisingenrichment of the viral RNAs in a sample using random or consensuspre-amplification and/or specific reverse transcriptase reaction,determining the number of reads matching said viruses based on speciesdiscrimination, comparing the most prevalent high risk species, furtherdetermining within said most prevalent high risk species the relativenumber of reads matching at least one oncogenic gene, preferably twooncogenic genes, compared to at least one non oncogenic gene, preferablyseveral non oncogenic genes. From these discrimination steps on speciesand interspecies read numbers, ratios are calculated to detect increasein relative level of high risk species versus low risk species andratios within said high risk species of reads matching oncogenic genesversus structural or regulatory genes. Applied to HPV, this testencompasses determining the level of HR HPVs reads versus LR HPVs readsthrough group alpha HPVs, determining the ratio of early versus lategenes (E6 and or E7 versus L1 and/or L2) within the most prevalent HRHPVs, and assessing risk of developing HPV induced cancer in patientswhich said ratio tend towards infinity. Refined ratios can be obtainedusing a filter applied on reads mapping specifically RNA spliced events.

In one embodiment, the method is for assessing risk of developing HPVinduced cancer in patients infected with at least two different HPVspecies of group alpha.

In one embodiment, the method is for assessing HPV virus clearance inpatient receiving HPV preventive or curative HPV vaccine.

In a first aspect, the present invention relates to a method fordetermining a patient risk of developing oncogenic virus induced cancer,such as polyoma virus or group alpha HPV comprising:

-   a) enrichment of the viral RNAs in a sample using random or    consensus pre-amplification and/or specific reverse transcriptase    reaction, preferably consensus pre-amplification;-   b) sequencing cDNA produced in step a), and generating reads of said    cDNA;-   c) determining the number of reads matching said viruses based on    species discrimination and determining the most prevalent high risk    species present in the sample relative to other species;-   d) determining within said most prevalent high risk species the    relative number of reads matching least one oncogenic gene compared    to at least one non oncogenic gene, preferably oncogenic genes    compared to non oncogenic genes;-   e) computing ratios within said high risk species of reads matching    at least one oncogenic gene versus corresponding interspecies    structural or regulatory gene, preferably oncogenic genes versus    corresponding interspecies structural or regulatory genes;-   f) determining risk of developing oncogenic virus induced cancer in    patients wherein said ratio tend towards infinity, such as for    example when ratio R is between 0.25, 0.4, 0.5, 1 to infinity.

This method is suitable for diagnosis or prognosis of risk to developvirus induced cancer in a human subject.

This method is particularly suited for assessing risk of developing HPVinduced cancer in patients infected with at least two different HPVspecies of group alpha, for example multiple infected with HPV16, HPV35and HPV6.

This method is also specifically suitable for assessing HPV virusclearance in patient receiving HPV preventive or curative HPV vaccine.It can be performed before vaccination to confirm vaccine potential forclearing existing infections or post-vaccination for follow-up.

In a preferred embodiment of step a), the enrichment of the viral RNAsis performed by a reverse transcription of the viral RNAs, and anamplification of the produced cDNA by multiplex-PCR with a group alphaHPV-specific composition of primers encompassing splice junctions,genomic and unspliced regions, and human fusion transcript regions ofeach HPV transcript.

In another embodiment, the reverse transcription is performed withrandom hexamers.

In another embodiment, the reverse transcription is performed withHPV-specific primers.

In another embodiment, the reverse transcription (RT) and the multiplexamplification are performed in the same tube (one-step RT-PCR).

In another preferred embodiment of step a) above, consensuspre-amplification comprises random reverse transcription of the viralRNAs followed by a multiplex amplification of the HPV transcripts.

Advantageously, the random reverse transcription is performed withrandom hexamers.

Advantageously, the multiplex amplification of the HPV transcripts isperformed with HPV-specific primers.

In a preferred embodiment of step b) above, the sequencing is a Highthroughput sequencing method.

Ratio (R) is calculated as the number of reads of at least one earlyHPV16 transcript to the number of reads of at least one late HPV16transcript, with a higher ratio (R) correlating with an increased riskof developing high-grade malignant HPV-induced cancer. This methodfurther include correlating a higher number of reads of HPV16transcripts relative to reads of transcripts of another HPV species withan increased risk of developing high-grade malignant HPV-induced cancer.To obtain sufficient number of reads, the cDNA is generated using randomprimers or using HPV-specific primers. For example, the ratio iscalculated by calculating a ratio (R1) of the number of reads of one HPVHR E6 and/or E7 transcripts to the number of reads of said one HPV HR L1and/or L2 transcripts and the ratio is calculated by calculating a ratio(R2) of the number of reads of a second HPV HR E6 and E7 transcripts tothe number of reads of said second HPV HR L1 and L2 transcripts. Thismethod is applicable to determining the number of HPV sequence reads ofat least 2 Alpha group HPV species, including for example HPV16.

In a specific embodiment but applied to oncogenic viruses in generalsuch as polyoma or HPV, the method of the invention comprises:

-   -   a) optionally, pretreating nucleic acids to remove human genomic        DNA,    -   b) optionally, pre-amplify viral mRNAs, wherein said viral mRNAs        comprises oncogenic mRNAs and at least one other mRNA,    -   c) sequencing mRNAs, or cDNAs thereof, obtained after steps a)        and b), in the sample of a human subject,    -   d) identifying the reads corresponding to said oncogenic mRNAs,    -   e) identifying to which species or genotypes said oncogenic        mRNAs of step d) belong to,    -   f) sorting the reads corresponding to said at least one other        viral mRNAs, or cDNAs thereof obtained after steps a) and b), of        the same genotype or species identified in step e),    -   g) optionally, identifying fusion transcripts as a signature of        viral DNA integrations events in the host chromosome and/or        additional human cancer cell biomarkers,    -   h) optionally, deleting all other sequences including human        sequences which are not sequences identified and sorted        following steps d), e), f) and g),    -   i) computing ratios R defining molecular abundance of said        oncogenic mRNAs relative to said at least one other viral mRNAs        of the same genotype or species of step f),        wherein an increase of ratios R correlate with an increased risk        of developing viral induced cancer.

By virus induced cancer, it is more particularly contemplated hereinPapova virus induced cancer, more specifically Papilloma or Polyomavirus induced cancer, preferably Papilloma virus induced cancer.

By other viral mRNAs in step f) it is meant mRNAs of viral genesselected from structural genes, for example capsid genes as well as fromregulatory genes, and replication/transcription genes.

In a particular embodiment, the present invention relates to a methodfor diagnosis or prognosis of risk to develop HPV induced cancer in ahuman subject comprising:

-   -   a) optionally, pretreating nucleic acids to remove human genomic        DNA,    -   b) optionally, pre-amplify HPVs mRNAs, wherein said mRNAs        comprises E6 and/or E7 HPV RNAs and at least one other HPV        mRNAs,    -   c) sequencing nucleic acids in the sample of a human subject or        obtain after steps a) and b),    -   d) identifying the reads corresponding to E6 and/or E7 HPV RNAs,    -   e) identifying to which species or genotypes E6 and/or E7 HPV        mRNAs of step d) belong to,    -   f) sorting the reads corresponding to other viral HPV mRNAs of        the same genotype or species identified in step e),    -   g) optionally, identifying fusion transcripts as a signature of        HPV DNA integrations events in the host chromosome and/or        additional human cancer cell biomarkers,    -   h) optionally, deleting all other sequences including human        sequences which are not sequences identified and sorted        following steps d), e), f) and g),    -   i) computing ratios defining molecular abundance of E6 and/or E7        HPV mRNAs relative to said other viral transcripts of the same        genotype or species of step f),        wherein an increased level of said ratios correlates with an        increased risk of developing viral induced cancer.

By other viral mRNAs in step f), it is more particularly referred toselected mRNAs from genes coding for capsid proteins (L1 and L2), genecoding for the growth stimulation protein (E5), genes coding forreplication or transcription proteins (E4, E2 and E1, E8). In step g),additional human cancer cell biomarkers can be selected for example fromPRC1, CCNB2, SYCP2 CDKN3, NUSAP1, CDC20, p16INK4a, Ki-67.

In one specific embodiment, step f) comprises sorting the reads of L1and/or L2 HPV mRNAs corresponding to the species or genotype of E6and/or E7 HPV mRNAs identified in step d). In this embodiment, step h)comprises computing ratios defining relative molecular abundance of E6and/or E7 HPV mRNAs relative to the reads of L1 and/or at least oneother viral mRNAs corresponding to the species or genotype of E6 and/orE7 HPV mRNAs. In such embodiment, step b) optionally comprisespre-amplifying HPVs mRNAs, wherein said mRNAs comprises E6 and/or E7 HPVRNAs and L1 and/or at least one other viral HPV mRNAs.

In a second aspect, the present invention relates to a method fordiagnosis risk to develop HPV induced cancer comprising:

-   (a) determining the level of at least a first marker selected from    E6 mRNAs of group alpha HPVs, E7 mRNAs of group alpha HPVs, or both,    in the sample of a patient or in the sample of an individual    suspected to be infected by HPV,-   (b) comparing the levels determined in step (a) to a reference value    of E6 mRNAs of group alpha HPVs, E7 mRNAs of group alpha HPVs, or    both in low risk individuals infected with HPVs,-   (c) wherein an increased level as determined in step a) compared to    the reference level in step b) is indicative of higher risk to    develop HPV cancer induced.

It must be contemplated that these biomarkers are not restricted to E6or E7 mRNAs of HPV16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66, 68but extend to all E6 or E7 mRNAs of HPVs of several genus alpha,comprising and covering HPVs of groups α5, 6, 7, 10; optionallyextending to additional alpha group HPVs as desired.

In this second aspect, the levels of E6 mRNAs of group alpha HPVs, E7mRNAs of group alpha HPVs, or both are determined inter alia byhybridization with a labeled probe, amplification, including PCR,nucleic acid microarrays, high-throughput sequencing with or withoutpre-amplification. The measure may be carried out directly on anextracted messenger RNA (mRNA) sample, or on reverse transcribedcomplementary DNA (cDNA) prepared from extracted mRNA. From the mRNA orcDNA sample, the amount of nucleic acid transcripts is determined usingnucleic acid microarrays, quantitative PCR, hybridization with a labeledprobe, or directly by counting corresponding reads followinghigh-throughput sequencing.

For both first and second aspect, amplification or pre-amplification isdepicted in details below with specifically designed consensus primersallowing generic pre-amplification of all or desired HPVs belonging togroup alpha, in particular pre-amplification of the specific domains ofthe group alpha, preferably of the HR-αHPV. According to the invention,primers depicted below are provided to amplify and detect the amount ofE6 mRNAs and E7 mRNAs of all or several group alpha HPVs depending onthe desired scope of the test. Therefore, the invention provides a muchbroader test extending beyond types such as HPV 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39,45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66, 68 which are today classified as High-riskHPVs; as it allows the determination of high level expression of E6and/E7 of several alpha subgroups of HPVs and even covering the all HPVsof the alpha group. For example, In the above method, the quantificationis performed on E6 and/or E7 mRNAs of papillomaviruses α6 comprising HPV30, HPV 53, HPV 56 and HPV 66, papillomaviruses α7 comprising HPV 68,HPV 39, HPV 70, HPV 85, HPV 59, HPV 45, HPV 18, HPV 97, papillomavirusesα10 comprising HPV 16, HPV 35, HPV 31, HPV 52, HPV 67, HPV 33, HPV 58and papillomaviruses α5 comprising HPV 26, HPV, 69, HPV 51, HPV 82. Thecombined generic consensus primers to generically amplify alphasubgroups are described herein-after.

In a specific embodiment, the method of the invention further refinesthe above method aiming at the quantitative determination of expressionlevels of a panel of biomarkers in biological samples of patients orindividuals suspected to be infected with HPVs, which combinedbiomarkers are indicative and/or predictive, in a single time-point, ofpatients at risk of developing HPV induced cancers.

The panel provided by the invention comprises the following biomarkers:

-   -   At least a first marker selected from E6 mRNAs of group alpha        HPVs, E7 mRNAs of group alpha HPVs, or both,    -   At least a second marker selected from L1 mRNAs of group alpha        HPVs, L2 mRNAs of group alpha HPVs, or both,    -   wherein said E6, E7, L1 and L2 mRNAs have corresponding        intragenetic sequences,    -   optionally, at least one host cellular marker indicative of        neoplasia or cancer.

For example, the panel is composed of at least 5, 10, 20, 30 or 50different mRNAs of said E6, E7, L1 and L2 mRNAs of group alpha HPVs. Inone specific embodiment, the panel is composed of all group alpha HPVsmRNAs of E6 and/or E7, and L1 and/or L2. The combined generic consensusprimers to generically amplify alpha subgroups depending on the desiredscope of the test are provided herein-after. Alternatively, theinvention is performed using sequence-independent-amplified or directHT-sequencing for quantitative detection of individual mRNA of E6 and/orE7 HPV sequences belonging to the HPV alpha group.

Such method according to the invention is also provided for predictingthe progression of HPV infection in a patient suffering from HPVinfection.

In one embodiment, the invention encompasses a method for assessing ahuman papilloma virus (HPV) infected patient comprising: generating cDNAfrom a patient sample comprising RNA; sequencing the cDNA; generatingreads of sequence of the cDNA; discriminating HPV sequence reads on thebasis of HPV specie; discriminating HPV sequence reads on the basis ofHPV gene transcript; quantitating the number of HPV sequence readsaccording to HPV species and HPV gene transcript, determining the numberof HPV sequence reads of at least 2 HPV gene transcripts; anddetermining the number of HPV sequence reads of at least 2 HPV species;wherein the patient sample contains 2 or more HPV species.

In a further embodiment, the method comprises calculating a ratio (R) ofthe number of reads of at least one early HPV16 transcript to the numberof reads of at least one late HPV16 transcript, with a higher ratio (R)correlating with an increased risk of developing high-grade malignantHPV-induced cancer.

In another embodiment, the method comprises correlating a higher numberof reads of HPV16 transcripts relative to reads of transcripts ofanother HPV species with an increased risk of developing high-grademalignant HPV-induced cancer.

In one embodiment, the cDNA is generated using random primers. In oneembodiment, the cDNA is generated using HPV-specific primers (i.e.,primers specific to domains of a HPV, such as a HR-αHPV, comprisingsplice junctions, genomic and unspliced regions, and human fusiontranscript regions of each HPV transcript).

In one embodiment, the ratio is calculated by calculating the ratio (R)of the number of reads of HPV16 E6 and/or E7 transcripts to the numberof reads of HPV16 L1 and/or L2 transcripts. In one embodiment, the ratiois calculated by calculating the ratio (R) of the number of reads ofHPV16 E6 and E7 transcripts to the number of reads of L1 and L2transcripts.

In one embodiment, the method comprises determining the number of HPVsequence reads of at least 2 alpha group HPV species. In one embodiment,the method comprises generating at least 10⁶ reads of sequence of thecDNA. In one embodiment, the method comprises generating at least 10⁷reads of sequence of the cDNA.

In one embodiment, the invention encompasses a method for assessing ahuman papilloma virus (HPV) infected patient comprising generating cDNAfrom a patient sample comprising RNA; sequencing the cDNA; generatingreads of sequence of the cDNA; discriminating HPV sequence reads on thebasis of HPV gene transcript; quantitating the level of HPV sequencereads according to HPV gene transcript; determining the number of HPVsequence reads of at least one HPV early gene transcript; determiningthe number of HPV sequence reads of at least one HPV late genetranscript; and determining the ratio of the number of HPV sequencereads of at least one HPV early gene transcript to the number of HPVsequence reads of at least one HPV late gene transcript.

In one embodiment, the method comprises calculating a ratio (R) of thenumber of reads of at least one early HPV16 transcript to the number ofreads of at least one late HPV16 transcript, with a higher ratio (R)correlating with an increased risk of developing high-grade malignantHPV-induced cancer.

In one embodiment, the at least one early transcript is HPV E6 or E7 andthe at least one late transcript is L1 or L2. In one embodiment, the atleast one early transcript is HPV E6 and E7 and the at least one latetranscript is L1 and L2.

In one embodiment, the cDNA is generated using random primers. In oneembodiment, the cDNA is generated using HPV specific primers.

Some of the terms used throughout the specification are specificallydefined here below:

DEFINITIONS

Biological samples as referred herein include, without limitation,mammalian bodily fluids, especially oral fluids or scrapings, genitalscrapings, in particular cervix scrapings.

HPV alpha group: HPVs are contained within five evolutionary groups. HPVtypes that infect the cervix come from the Alpha group which containsover 60 members. HPV types from the Beta, Gamma, Mu and Nu groups orgenus primarily infect cutaneous sites. Alpha papillomaviruses can besubdivided into three categories (high risk, low risk and cutaneous),depending on their prevalence in the general population and on thefrequency with which they cause cervical cancer. High-risk types comefrom the Alpha 5, 6, 7, and 10 groups.

Primers encompassed by the invention are not limited to the sequencesdefined in the primers depicted below but they can comprise extra basesat the 5′ end, for example from 1 to 5 extra bases as extensioncorresponding to sequences of the corresponding HPVs E6 or E7. Also,primers shall be understood as embracing shorter sequences of at least12, 15, 20 or 25 consecutive bases of the primers featured below. Insome embodiments, it shall be understood that the invention alsocontemplates generic probes which have the sequences of the primersdepicted herein and which are directly or indirectly labeled. The probesand primers can be extended or swifted from 1 to 15 bases depending onthe desired specificity of the PCR amplification step and/or on thespecificity of the detection step using standard parameters such as thenucleic acid size and GC contents, stringent hybridization conditionsand temperature reactions. For example, low stringency conditions areused when it is desired to obtain broad positive results on a range ofhomologous targets whereas high stringency conditions are preferred toobtain positive results only if the specific target nucleic is presentin the sample. As used herein, the term “stringent hybridizationconditions” refers to conditions under which the primer or probe willhybridize only to that exactly complementary target(s). Thehybridization conditions affect the stability of hybrids, e.g.,temperature, salt concentration, pH, formamide concentration and thelike. These conditions are optimized to maximize specific binding andminimize non-specific binding of primer or probe to its target nucleicacid sequence. Stringent conditions are sequence dependent and will bedifferent in different circumstances. Longer sequences hybridizespecifically at higher temperatures. Generally, stringent conditions areselected to be about 5° C. lower than the thermal melting point (Tm) forthe specific sequences at a defined ionic strength and pH. The Tm is thetemperature (under defined ionic strength and pH) at which 50% of acomplementary target sequence hybridizes to a perfectly matched probe orprimer. Typically, stringent conditions will be those in which the saltconcentration is less than about 1.0 M Na+, typically about 0.01 to 1.0M Na+ concentration (or other salts) at pH 7.0 to 8.3 and thetemperature is at least about 30° C. for short probes or primers (e.g.10 to 50 nucleotides) and at least about 60° C. for long probes orprimers (e.g. greater than 50 nucleotides).

Stringent conditions may also be achieved with the addition ofdestabilizing agents such as formamide. Exemplary low stringentconditions include hybridization with a buffer solution of 20-30%formamide, 1 M NaCl, 1% SDS at 37° C. and a wash in 2*SSC at 40° C.Exemplary high stringency conditions include hybridization in 40-50%formamide, 1 M NaCl, 1% SDS at 37° C., and a wash in 0.1*SSC at 60° C.Determination of particular hybridization conditions relating to aspecified nucleic acid is routine and is well known in the art, forinstance, as described in J. Sambrook and D. W. Russell, MolecularCloning: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; 3rdEd., 2001; and F. M. Ausubel, Ed., Short Protocols in Molecular Biology,Current Protocols; 5th Ed., 2002.

Preferred PCR primers, which can be used separately or together as a setto amplify a HPV nucleic acid sequence comprise the primers.

α1:

E6 (SEQ ID NO. 1) Forward: 5′-RGTACWTCTGCCTCATCACAGCC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 2)Reverse: 3′-CTCTGCAMTGSGTACASCGAC-5′ E7 (SEQ ID NO. 3) Forward:5′-GGARASRCRCCWACSCTAAAGGA-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 4) Reverse:3′-CACGCRGGCACACAAWGGACA-5′ L1 (SEQ ID NO. 5) Forward:5′-GCGGCCTAGTGACRACAAGG-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 6) Reverse:3′-GCACGYAACCCRGCYTGCAG-5′α2:

E6 (SEQ ID NO. 7) Forward: 5′-GHGHGCCMTAYGSTGCCTGTG-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 8)Forward: 5′-CKCCSTACGGTGCWTGTGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 9) Reverse:3′-GCGGACCGTGCATCKTRWCCA-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 10) Reverse:3′-GGCTTTGGCCCATGCATCGT-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 11) Reverse:3′-GTGCATCGTGACCAGCAGTAC-5′ E7 (SEQ ID NO. 12) Forward:5′-TTGRDTCTTGCACCAGAGGMCGT-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 13) Forward:5′-TGCACGGTCCGCATCCCAC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 14) Forward:5′-TGTCTATGGGTGCACAAGAACCC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 15) Reverse:3′-CCCTTATATCTGCKTSGCTGCWS-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 16) Reverse:3′-GCAGCGAGGRCACACGASC-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 17) Reverse:3′-GGACCGTGCATCGTGACCA-5′ L1 (SEQ ID NO. 18) Forward:5′-ATGGCWYTSTGGCGCYCTAGTG-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 19) Reverse:3′-CCTCCARGCTAGTRGAYGGYGGY-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 20) Reverse:3′-GGGRACYACYGAACGMCGKCGCG-5′α3:

E6 (SEQ ID NO. 21) Forward: 5′-AGTGGACRGGRAAGTGCWGCAAC-3′ (SEQ ID NO.22) Forward: 5′-YTGTGCAAAGACTGCGASGTGG-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 23) Forward:5′-ACTGGCCATTTGGAGTMTGCGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 24) Reverse:3′-GGCCRYGCATGTTRCYCTACAGT-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 25) Reverse:3′-CACYKTCCTGTCCACTBYCCWGC-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 26) Reverse:3′-CCAGTGYCGTAGCTCYCGYRYC-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 27) Reverse:3′-CTGGCCGTGCATRSYCCTCT-5′ E7 (SEQ ID NO. 28) Forward:5′-VAGCAMAGCWGGCCYWTAGGGTG-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 29) Forward:5′-KGYWGAACRRGCACAGCAGGCC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 30) Reverse:3′-GGCCACYRCKTCCACYATAAGCT-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 31) Reverse:3′-CAGCYGGGACACACTATRTCCAC-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 32) Reverse:3-GCGCAGCSVGGACACACTAT-5′ L1 (SEQ ID NO. 33) Forward:5′-CTWTGTGGCGRCMTGGTGAYGGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 34) Reverse:3′-GGARGGAGGGGGCAMWACMCC-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 35) Reverse:3′-CCCTGBGCVCGNTGYAGCCAR-5′α4:

E6 Forward: (SEQ ID NO. 36) 5′-SAGTATGGTYTGGAGCTAGAGGA-3′ Reverse: (SEQID NO. 37) 3′-GTCCSGTCCACYGGCCKGM-5′ E7 Forward: (SEQ ID NO. 38)5′-MCGMCCCAGCCTSRMGGAC-3′ Reverse: (SEQ ID NO. 39)3′-CCTCCATRACGCTABGCGCAG-5′ L1 Forward: (SEQ ID NO. 40)5′-TGGCCTAAACGACGTAAACGTGT-3′ Forward: (SEQ ID NO. 41)5′-TTCTTTGCAGATGGCTWTGTGGC-3′ Reverse: (SEQ ID NO. 42)5′-YGTGTCTCGMAARCGCRCCGC-3′::3′- GCGGYGCGYTTKCGAGACACR-5′ Reverse: (SEQID NO. 43) 5′-CGCAAGTTYTTRYTGCAGCGGGG-3′::3′- CCCCGCTGCARYAARAACTTGCG-5′α5:

E6 (SEQ ID NO. 44) Forward: 5′-GRGAAAGACCACGAACGCTGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 45)Forward: 5′-AATAGCAGGGYASTGGAAAGGGT-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 46) Reverse:3′-GCAATTWGCRCAYTGYCCCGTCC-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 47) Reverse:3′-TTGTGTTTCTGTTTGGCGCCTTG-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 48) Reverse:3′-GCCTTGGTCTCCAGCAGTTTG-5′ E7 (SEQ ID NO. 49) Forward:5′-YTAGATYTGGTGCCGCAACCCG-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 50) Forward:5′-MGCCATGCGTGGTAATGTACCAC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 51) Reverse:3′-CTCCASCRCTCGRACGTTCTGT-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 52) Reverse:3′-CACGGGCAMACCAGGCTTAGK-5′ L1 (SEQ ID NO. 53) Forward:5′-KCAGATGGCYTTGYGGCGTACTA-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 54) Forward:5′-TGGCYTTGYGGCGTACTAGTGAC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 55) Forward:5′-TGTATTTRCCACCTGCACCWGTG-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 56) Reverse:3′-GGGGCRTYRCGYTGACAKGTAGT-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 57) Reverse:3′-GGCMGGSCKTTTAAGGCCTGGT-5′α6:

E6 (SEQ ID NO. 58) Forward: 5′-GARCGHCCACGWASHBTGCACC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 59)Forward: 5′-AATACAGRMGAGCGMCCACGTAC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 60) Forward:5′-RCAATMCACAGGAACGTCCACGA-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 61) Reverse:3′-CCTCTGGTGTCAACGGMTGTTGA-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 62) Reverse:3′-TCTCCARCACYSCAAACATGACC-5′ E7 (SEQ ID NO. 63) Forward:5′-GRACAGCTCAGAGGAWGAGGATG-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 64) Forward:5′-GCTCAGAGGAWGAGGATGAGG-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 65) Forward:5′-YTRCWGRAGCRGCCACAGCAAGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 66) Forward:5′-GRAGCRGCCACAGCAAGCTAG-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 67) Forward:5′-GAACAGCTCAGAGGAWGAGGATG-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 68) Forward:5′-ARTAGACCATTTGCWGGAGCGGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 69) Reverse:3′-GCCTTGTTGCRCASAGGGG-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 70) Reverse:3′-CGCAGAGTGGGCACGTTACT-5′ L1 (SEQ ID NO. 71) Forward:5′-TTGCAGATGGCGRYGTGGCG-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 72) Reverse:3′-CACCTAAAGGYTGDCCDCGGC-5′α7:

E6 (SEQ ID NO. 73) Forward: 5′-TASAGGACAGTGYCGMCRSTGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 74)Forward: 5′-TCMCAAYCCTGMRGAACGGCCAT-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 75) Forward:5′-ASAGGACAGTGTCGYSGGTG-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 76) Forward:5′-TGCCAGAAACCRTTGAAYCCAGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 77) Reverse:3′-GTCTGCGGTCCTCYCGBTTDST-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 78) Reverse:3′-CTGSCCTCKRTASTGCCCAGCT-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 79) Reverse:3′-CACCAGTGTTTCACTACGCGC-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 80) Reverse:3′-GCCTTGCTGTTCTTGTGCACG-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 81) Reverse:3′-GTCTGGAAAGCCTTTCTTGCCGT-5′ E7 (SEQ ID NO. 82) Forward:5′-GACGRGMHGAACMACARCGTCAC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 83) Forward:5′-GACGRGMHGAACMACAGCGTCAC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 84) Forward:5′-ARCACCYTGTCCTTTGTGTGTCC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 85) Reverse:3′-GTGWSTCCATAAACAGCWGCWGT-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 86) Reverse:3′-CACACCAMGGACACACAAAGGAC-5′ L1 (SEQ ID NO. 87) Forward:5′-GCGBTCTAGYGACARCAHGGTGT-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 88) Forward:5′-HCCTGCTATTGGKGARCAYTGGG-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 89) Reverse:3′-CCAGTGYTCYCCMATRGCRGGWA-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 90) Reverse:3′-TAGASCCACTDGGWGANGGRGAA-5′α8:

E6 (SEQ ID NO. 91) Forward: 5′-WATGWCTGCACGKWGCKGCTCC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 92)Reverse: 3′-GTAGGCARTATCCYTTCCACRCG-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 93) Reverse:3′-CTCCGAGCGTTGGCCTTTC-5′ E7 (SEQ ID NO. 94) Forward:5′-GCGTGAGCAAYCCACGCAAC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 95) Reverse:3′-CAGCCATKGYAGTCACACMGCTG-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 96) Reverse:3′-TGCCATTGTTGTCACKCTGTAGC-5′ L1 (SEQ ID NO. 97) Forward:5′-CCYCCHATKGGNGAATATTGGGG-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 98) Reverse:3′-GGAGGATGGTGCWGMACGC-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 99) Reverse:3′-GGGTGACTGRCYYAGAAGAGGAA-5′α9:

E6 (SEQ ID NO. 100) Forward: 5′-AGTRMARATGCCTCCACGYCTGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO.101) Forward: 5′-CTGCACAGGACCAGATGGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 102) Reverse:3′-TCCATGCATGWTGWCCAGCARTG-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 103) Reverse:3′-GCAGCGMCCYTTCCAGGTRTCK-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 104) Reverse:3′-GGCATTTCGCCCACCATTGTTAT-5′ E7 (SEQ ID NO. 105) Forward:5′-GCYTACACTGCTGGACAACATGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 106) Forward:5′-AGACAGCTCAGAAGABGAGGTGG-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 107) Forward:5′-AACAATGGTGGGCGAAATGCCAG-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 108) Reverse:3′-CGTCCGCCATCSTTGTTATGKYT-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 109) Reverse:3′-CCTGTRCACTSCACMACMAGCC-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 110) Reverse:3′-CTGTCGCTGTAGGGTGCACA-5′ L1 (SEQ ID NO. 111) Forward:5′-ATGTGCCTCCTCCYRMCCCWGTA-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 112) Forward:5′-AGATGGCTGTCTGGTTACCAGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 113) Reverse:3′-CCATAWGGRTCYGCAGCCATTTG-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 114) Reverse:3′-GCCTTACGCCTGCGCTTGG-5′α10:

E6 (SEQ ID NO. 115) Forward: 5′-CCSARSTGTAAWCATGCRTGGAG-3′ (SEQ ID NO.116) Forward: 5′-MCGSAMCCTGCACGAATTGTGTG-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 117) Forward:5′-CARGACRCWGAGGARAAACCACG-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 118) Reverse:3′-CCAACACWCTGAACASCGYCC-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 119) Reverse:3′-CCATGCATGATTACASCTSGGTT-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 120) Reverse:3′-GTCGGGRYCTCCAACACRCYG-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 121) Reverse:3′-CTCCACGCATGTTTACACTTGGG-5′ E7 (SEQ ID NO. 122) Forward:5′-GCWCAYTWGGAATHGTGTGCCCC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 123) Forward:5′-CSTGTAAMAACGCCATGAGAGGA-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 124) Forward:5′-CGCCATGAGAGGAMACAASCCA-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 125) Reverse:3′-GGCACACDATTCCWARTGWGCCC-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 126) Reverse:3′-GGTTCGTASGTCRSTTGYTGTAC-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 127) Reverse:3′-GTGCACAGSYGGGRCACACWAYT-5′ L1 (SEQ ID NO. 128) Forward:5′-GARGCCACWGTSTACYTGCCTC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 129) Forward:5′-ACAGATGTCTCTGTGGCGGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 130) Reverse:3′-GGATGNCCACTWAYRCCHACDCC-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 131) Reverse:3′-GAGGWWACCATAGARCCACTRGG-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 132) Reverse:3′-GTGCACGYTGTAGCCAATAWGGC-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 133) Reverse:3′-TCCTGTAAACTRGCAGAYGGAGG-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 134) Reverse:3′-GGCCYTGTGCWCGTTGYAACCAA-5′α11:

E6 (SEQ ID NO. 135) Forward: 5′-GAACGRCCATACAAGCTACMAGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO.136) Reverse: 3′-GCAGATGGTCTCCAGCACYG-5′ E7 (SEQ ID NO. 137) Forward:5′-WATTGTGTGCCCCAACTGTTCCA-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 138) Reverse:3′-CTGGAACAGTTGGGGCACACA-5′ L1 (SEQ ID NO. 139) Forward:5′-AGTTCTATCTTCCTCCCCAGCC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 140) Reverse:3′-GGACGKGCACGCATACCWAG-5′α13:

E6 (SEQ ID NO. 141) Forward: 5′-TGTCTGCTACTGAACCCCACAC-3′ (SEQ ID NO.142) Reverse: 3′-GGCTTCCAGCAATGTAGACACC-5′ E7 (SEQ ID NO. 143) Forward:5′-GTTTGACCTGTACTGCAGGGAG-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 144) Reverse:3′-GTGAAGCACAGGTGGGACACA-5′ L1 (SEQ ID NO. 145) Forward:5′-AAAGTATACCTGCCTCCTACCCC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 146) Reverse:3′-GCACGCTTGCGCGCTGTAC-5′α14:

E6 (SEQ ID NO. 147) Forward: 5′-TAYSAMSTGGACCTGCAGGACC-3′ (SEQ ID NO.148) Reverse: 3′-GGCCWYGCATGRTKTCCAACACT-5′ E7 (SEQ ID NO. 149) Forward:5′-CAATTWGCCAGCTCAGAMGAGGA-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 150) Reverse:3′-CCACCACMAGCCTWACTGYACRV-5′ L1 (SEQ ID NO. 151) Forward:5′-ARGTATACCTGCCTCCYGCCC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 152) Reverse:3′-CCTGTGCWCGTTGYAGCCAG-5′

As used herein, G is used to designate Guanine, A is used to designateAdenine, T is used to designate a Thymine, C is used to designate aCytosine. R is commonly used to designate a Purine (A or G), Y iscommonly used to designate a Pyrimidine (T or C), W is commonly used todesignate A or T, S is commonly used to designate C or G, K is commonlyused to designate G or T, H is commonly used to designate A or T or C, Bis commonly used to designate G or C or T, V is commonly used todesignate G or A or T, D is commonly used to designate G or A or T, N iscommonly used to designate any nucleotide (A or T or C or G).

Addition of indices and sequencing adapters are needed for sequencingtechnologies and can be added by standard procedures. For example, saidprimers can be used in solution or linked to a solid support. To permitits covalent coupling to the support, the primer is generallyfunctionalized. Thus, it may be modified by a thiol, amine or carboxylterminal group at the 5 ‘ or 3’ position. In particular, the addition ofa thiol, amine or carboxyl group makes it possible, for example, tocouple the oligonucleotide to a support bearing disulphide, maleimide,amine, carboxyl, ester, epoxide, cyanogen bromide or aldehyde functions.These couplings form by establishment of disulphide, thioether, ester,amide or amine links between the primer and the support. Any othermethod known to a person skilled in the art may be used, such asbifunctional coupling reagents, for example.

Moreover, to improve the hybridization with the coupled oligonucleotide,it can be advantageous for the oligonucleotide to contain an “arm” and a“spacer” sequence of bases. The use of an arm makes it possible, ineffect, to bind the primer at a chosen distance from the support,enabling its conditions of interaction with the DNA to be improved. Thearm advantageously consists of a linear carbon chain, comprising 1 to 18and preferably 6 or 12 (CH₂) groups, and an amine which permits bindingto the column. The arm is linked to a phosphate of the oligonucleotideor of a “spacer” composed of bases which do not interfere with thehybridization. Thus, the “spacer” can comprise purine bases. As anexample, the “spacer” can comprise the sequence GAGG. The arm isadvantageously composed of a linear carbon chain comprising 6 or 12carbon atoms.

For implementation of the present invention, different types of supportmay be used. These can be functionalized chromatographic supports, inbulk or prepacked in a column, functionalized plastic surfaces orfunctionalized latex beads, magnetic or otherwise. Chromatographicsupports are preferably used. As an example, the chromatographicsupports capable of being used are agarose, acrylamide or dextran aswell as their derivatives (such as Sephadex, Sepharose, Superose, etc.),polymers such as poly(styrene/divinylbenzene), or grafted or ungraftedsilica, for example. The chromatography columns can operate in thediffusion or perfusion mode.

As used herein, the term “sequencing” is used in a broad sense andrefers to any technique known by the skilled person including but notlimited to Sanger dideoxy termination sequencing, whole-genomesequencing, sequencing by hybridization, pyrosequencing, capillaryelectrophoresis, cycle sequencing, single-base extension sequencing,solid-phase sequencing, high-throughput sequencing, massively parallelsignature sequencing (MPSS), sequencing by reversible dye terminator,paired-end sequencing, near-term sequencing, exonuclease sequencing,sequencing by ligation, short-read sequencing, single-moleculesequencing, sequencing-by-synthesis, real-time sequencing,reverse-terminator sequencing, nanopore sequencing, 454 sequencing,Solexa Genome Analyzer sequencing, SOLiD® sequencing, MS-PET sequencing,mass spectrometry, and a combination thereof. In specific embodiments,the method and kit of the invention is adapted to run on ABI PRISM® 377DNA Sequencer, an ABI PRISM® 310, 3100, 3100-Avant, 3730, or 3730x1Genetic Analyzer, an ABI PRISM® 3700 DNA Analyzer, or an AppliedBiosystems SOLiD™ System (all from Applied Biosystems), a GenomeSequencer 20 System (Roche Applied Science).

For all technologies described herein, although the said primers can beused in solution, in another embodiment the said primers are linked to asolid support.

To permit its covalent coupling to the support, the primer is generallyfunctionalized. Thus, it may be modified by a thiol, amine or carboxylterminal group at the 5 ‘ or 3’ position. In particular, the addition ofa thiol, amine or carboxyl group makes it possible, for example, tocouple the oligonucleotide to a support bearing disulphide, maleimide,amine, carboxyl, ester, epoxide, cyanogen bromide or aldehyde functions.These couplings form by establishment of disulphide, thioether, ester,amide or amine links between the primer and the support. Any othermethod known to a person skilled in the art may be used, such asbifunctional coupling reagents, for example.

Moreover, to improve the hybridization with the coupled oligonucleotide,it can be advantageous for the oligonucleotide to contain an “arm” and a“spacer” sequence of bases. The use of an arm makes it possible, ineffect, to bind the primer at a chosen distance from the support,enabling its conditions of interaction with the DNA to be improved. Thearm advantageously consists of a linear carbon chain, comprising 1 to 18and preferably 6 or 12 (CH2) groups, and an amine which permits bindingto the column. The arm is linked to a phosphate of the oligonucleotideor of a “spacer” composed of bases which do not interfere with thehybridization. Thus, the “spacer” can comprise purine bases. As anexample, the “spacer” can comprise the sequence GAGG. The arm isadvantageously composed of a linear carbon chain comprising 6 or 12carbon atoms.

For implementation of the present invention, different types of supportmay be used. These can be functionalized chromatographic supports, inbulk or prepacked in a column, functionalized plastic surfaces orfunctionalized latex beads, magnetic or otherwise. Chromatographicsupports are preferably used. As an example, the chromatographicsupports capable of being used are agarose, acrylamide or dextran aswell as their derivatives (such as Sephadex, Sepharose, Superose, etc.),polymers such as poly(styrene/divinylbenzene), or grafted or ungraftedsilica, for example. The chromatography columns can operate in thediffusion or perfusion mode.

As used herein, “oncogenic genes or oncogenic mRNAs” refers to genes ormRNAs which are directly or indirectly inducing cell transformation intocancer cells development. For example, oncogenic genes are used todesignated E6 genes and/or E7 genes.

As used herein, “other viral mRNAs” refers to mRNAs coding for capsidproteins (L1 and L2), mRNAs coding for the growth stimulation (E5),mRNAs coding for replication/transcription (E4 and E2) and mRNAs codingfor replication (E1 and E8), which are not oncogenic genes.

R ratios as used herein are defined as the relative level of anoncogenic mRNA, for example E6, E7 or oncogenic mRNAs, for exampleE6+E7, compared to other viral mRNAs of the same genotype or species,more particularly compared to selected mRNAs from genes coding forcapsid proteins (L1 and L2), gene coding for the growth stimulationprotein (E5), genes coding for replication or transcription proteins(E4, E2 and E1, E8).

For example, a reference Ratio R can be defined as

R=Σ(xE6 and/or xE7)/Σ(xL1 and/or xL2 and/or xE2 . . . )

Wherein x is a factor in the range 0-1000000,

Wherein xE6 is for example either the number of reads mapped to the geneEx, or the number of times each nucleotide of the gene Ex is sequenced,and wherein xL1 is for example the number of reads mapped to the geneLx, or the number of times each nucleotide of the gene Lx is sequenced.

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FIG. 1 represents percentage homology between oncogenic proteins E6 HPVsHR and LR. The x-axis corresponds to HR-HPVs and y-axis represents thepercentage of the nucleotide sequences homology of HPVs compared to LRHR HPVs.

FIG. 2 represents percentage homology between oncogenic proteins E7 HPVsHR and LR. The x-axis corresponds to HR-HPVs and y-axis represents thepercentage of the nucleotide sequences homology of HPVs compared to LRHR HPVs.

FIG. 3 represents percentage homology between oncogenic proteins E6 HPVsHR. The x-axis corresponds to HR-HPVs and y-axis represents thepercentage of the nucleotide sequences homology of HR HPVs.

FIG. 4 represents percentage homology between oncogenic proteins E7 HPVsHR. The x-axis corresponds to HR-HPVs and y-axis represents thepercentage of the nucleotide sequences homology of H HPVs.

FIG. 5 represents percentage homology between oncogenic proteins E6 HPVsLR. The x-axis corresponds to HR-HPVs and y-axis represents thepercentage of the nucleotide sequences homology of HR HPVs.

FIG. 6 represents percentage homology between oncogenic proteins E7 HPVsLR. The x-axis corresponds to HR-HPVs and y-axis represents thepercentage of the nucleotide sequences homology of HR HPVs.

FIG. 7 represents transcription map of HR αHPV. Upper part: genomiccoordinates of splice donor (SD) and acceptor (SA) sites are indicatedfor each HR αHPV (light grey for previously documented sites, dark greyfor sites identified by analogy). Additional polyA (pA) and putativebreakpoint sites (put bkpt) are added. Lower part: overview of HR αHPVsplice events (black line: sequences found in mRNA; dot line: spliceevents) delineating splice isoforms that compose the αHPV transcriptsdatabase.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Referring to both first and second aspect, and in a first specificembodiment, the method is practiced to include at least the groupconsisting of papillomaviruses α6 comprising HPV 30, HPV 53, HPV 56 andHPV 66, papillomaviruses α7 comprising HPV 68, HPV 39, HPV 70, HPV 85,HPV 59, HPV 45, HPV 18, HPV 97, papillomaviruses α10 comprising HPV 16,HPV 35, HPV 31, HPV 52, HPV 67, HPV 33, HPV 58 and papillomaviruses α5comprising HPV 26, HPV, 69, HPV 51, HPV 82.

In this regard, the invention also contemplates a composition of primerscomprising for E6: α5: both SEQ ID NO. 44 and SEQ ID NO. 45, and allthree SEQ ID NO. 46, SEQ ID NO. 47 and SEQ ID NO. 48 and; α6: SEQ ID NO.58 or both SEQ ID NO. 59 and SEQ ID NO. 60, and both SEQ ID NO. 61 andSEQ ID NO. 62 and; α7: all three SEQ ID NO. 73, SEQ ID NO. 75 and SEQ IDNO. 76 or all three SEQ ID NO. 74, SEQ ID NO. 75 and SEQ ID NO. 76, andall five SEQ ID NO. 77, SEQ ID NO. 78, SEQ ID NO. 79, SEQ ID NO. 80 andSEQ ID NO. 81 and; α10: all three SEQ ID NO. 115, SEQ ID NO. 116, SEQ IDNO. 117 and all four SEQ ID NO. 118, SEQ ID NO. 119, SEQ ID NO. 120, SEQID NO. 121,

And comprising for L1 α5: SEQ ID NO. 53 or both SEQ ID NO. 54 and SEQ IDNO. 55, and both SEQ ID NO. 56 and SEQ ID NO. 57; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 71and SEQ ID NO. 72; and α7: both SEQ ID NO. 87 and SEQ ID NO. 88, andboth SEQ ID NO. 89 and SEQ ID NO. 90; and α10: both SEQ ID NO. 128, SEQID NO. 129 and SEQ ID NO. 130 or all four SEQ ID NO. 131, SEQ ID NO.132, SEQ ID NO. 133, SEQ ID NO. 134.

Or, in this regard, the invention also contemplates a composition ofprimers comprising for E7: α5: both SEQ ID NO. 49, SEQ ID NO. 50 andboth SEQ ID NO. 51, SEQ ID NO. 52; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 63 or SEQ ID NO.64 or SEQ ID NO. 65 SEQ ID NO. 66 or both SEQ ID NO. 67 and SEQ ID NO.68, and both SEQ ID NO. 69 and SEQ ID NO. 70; and α7: SEQ ID NO. 82 orboth SEQ ID NO. 83, SEQ ID NO. 84, and both SEQ ID NO. 85, SEQ ID NO.86; and α10: all three SEQ ID NO. 122, SEQ ID NO. 123 and SEQ ID NO.124, and all three SEQ ID NO. 125, SEQ ID NO. 126 and SEQ ID NO. 127,

And comprising for L1 α5: SEQ ID NO. 53 or both SEQ ID NO. 54 and SEQ IDNO. 55, and both SEQ ID NO. 56 and SEQ ID NO. 57; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 71and SEQ ID NO. 72; and α7: both SEQ ID NO. 87 and SEQ ID NO. 88, andboth SEQ ID NO. 89 and SEQ ID NO. 90; and α10: both SEQ ID NO. 128, SEQID NO. 129 and SEQ ID NO. 130 or all four SEQ ID NO. 131, SEQ ID NO.132, SEQ ID NO. 133, SEQ ID NO. 134.

In a second specific embodiment the method is practiced to include atleast the group consisting of papillomaviruses α6 comprising HPV 30, HPV53, HPV 56 and HPV 66, papillomaviruses α7 comprising HPV 68, HPV 39,HPV 70, HPV 85, HPV 59, HPV 45, HPV 18, HPV 97, papillomaviruses α10comprising HPV 16, HPV 35, HPV 31, HPV 52, HPV 67, HPV 33, HPV 58,papillomaviruses α5 comprising HPV 26, HPV, 69, HPV 51, HPV 82 andpapillomaviruses α9 comprising HPV 6, HPV 11, HPV 13, HPV 1, HPV 74, HPV44.

In this regard, the invention also contemplates a composition of primerscomprising for E6: α5: both SEQ ID NO. 44 and SEQ ID NO. 45, and allthree SEQ ID NO. 46, SEQ ID NO. 47 and SEQ ID NO. 48 and; α6: SEQ ID NO.58 or both SEQ ID NO. 59 and SEQ ID NO. 60, and both SEQ ID NO. 61 andSEQ ID NO. 62 and; α7: all three SEQ ID NO. 73, SEQ ID NO. 75 and SEQ IDNO. 76 or all three SEQ ID NO. 74, SEQ ID NO. 75 and SEQ ID NO. 76, andall five SEQ ID NO. 77, SEQ ID NO. 78, SEQ ID NO. 79, SEQ ID NO. 80 andSEQ ID NO. 81 and; α10: all three SEQ ID NO. 115, SEQ ID NO. 116, SEQ IDNO. 117 and all four SEQ ID NO. 118, SEQ ID NO. 119, SEQ ID NO. 120, SEQID NO. 121; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 100 and SEQ ID NO. 101 and all threeSEQ ID NO. 102, SEQ ID NO. 103 and SEQ ID NO. 104,

And comprising for L1 α5: SEQ ID NO. 53 or both SEQ ID NO. 54 and SEQ IDNO. 55, and both SEQ ID NO. 56 and SEQ ID NO. 57; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 71and SEQ ID NO. 72; and α7: both SEQ ID NO. 87 and SEQ ID NO. 88, andboth SEQ ID NO. 89 and SEQ ID NO. 90; and α10: both SEQ ID NO. 128, SEQID NO. 129 and SEQ ID NO. 130 or all four SEQ ID NO. 131, SEQ ID NO.132, SEQ ID NO. 133, SEQ ID NO. 134; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 111 and SEQID NO. 112, and both SEQ ID NO. 113 and SEQ ID NO. 114.

Or, in this regard, the invention also contemplates a composition ofprimers comprising for E7: α5: both SEQ ID NO. 49, SEQ ID NO. 50 andboth SEQ ID NO. 51, SEQ ID NO. 52; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 63 or SEQ ID NO.64 or SEQ ID NO. 65 SEQ ID NO. 66 or both SEQ ID NO. 67 and SEQ ID NO.68, and both SEQ ID NO. 69 and SEQ ID NO. 70; and α7: SEQ ID NO. 82 orboth SEQ ID NO. 83, SEQ ID NO. 84, and both SEQ ID NO. 85, SEQ ID NO.86; and α10: all three SEQ ID NO. 122, SEQ ID NO. 123 and SEQ ID NO.124, and all three SEQ ID NO. 125, SEQ ID NO. 126 and SEQ ID NO. 127;and α9: all three SEQ ID NO. 105, SEQ ID NO. 106 and SEQ ID NO. 107, andall three SEQ ID NO. 108, SEQ ID NO. 109 and 110, And comprising for L1α5: SEQ ID NO. 53 or both SEQ ID NO. 54 and SEQ ID NO. 55, and both SEQID NO. 56 and SEQ ID NO. 57; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 71 and SEQ ID NO. 72;and α7: both SEQ ID NO. 87 and SEQ ID NO. 88, and both SEQ ID NO. 89 andSEQ ID NO. 90; and α10: both SEQ ID NO. 128, SEQ ID NO. 129 and SEQ IDNO. 130 or all four SEQ ID NO. 131, SEQ ID NO. 132, SEQ ID NO. 133, SEQID NO. 134; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 111 and SEQ ID NO. 112, and both SEQID NO. 113 and SEQ ID NO. 114.

In a third specific embodiment, the above defined invention is practicedto include at least the group consisting of papillomaviruses α6comprising HPV 30, HPV 53, HPV 56 and HPV 66, papillomaviruses α7comprising HPV 68, HPV 39, HPV 70, HPV 85, HPV 59, HPV 45, HPV 18, HPV97, papillomaviruses α10 comprising HPV 16, HPV 35, HPV 31, HPV 52, HPV67, HPV 33, HPV 58, papillomaviruses α5 comprising HPV 26, HPV, 69, HPV51, HPV 82, papillomaviruses α9 comprising HPV 6, HPV 11, HPV 13, HPV 1,HPV 74, HPV 44 and papillomaviruses α8 comprising HPV 91, HPV 43, HPV 7,HPV 40.

In this regard, the invention also contemplates a composition of primerscomprising for E6: α5: both SEQ ID NO. 44 and SEQ ID NO. 45, and allthree SEQ ID NO. 46, SEQ ID NO. 47 and SEQ ID NO. 48 and; α6: SEQ ID NO.58 or both SEQ ID NO. 59 and SEQ ID NO. 60, and both SEQ ID NO. 61 andSEQ ID NO. 62 and; α7: all three SEQ ID NO. 73, SEQ ID NO. 75 and SEQ IDNO. 76 or all three SEQ ID NO. 74, SEQ ID NO. 75 and SEQ ID NO. 76, andall five SEQ ID NO. 77, SEQ ID NO. 78, SEQ ID NO. 79, SEQ ID NO. 80 andSEQ ID NO. 81 and; α10: all three SEQ ID NO. 115, SEQ ID NO. 116, SEQ IDNO. 117 and all four SEQ ID NO. 118, SEQ ID NO. 119, SEQ ID NO. 120, SEQID NO. 121; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 100 and SEQ ID NO. 101 and all threeSEQ ID NO. 102, SEQ ID NO. 103 and SEQ ID NO. 104; and α8: SEQ ID NO.91, and both SEQ ID NO. 92 and SEQ ID NO. 93.

And comprising for L1 α5: SEQ ID NO. 53 or both SEQ ID NO. 54 and SEQ IDNO. 55, and both SEQ ID NO. 56 and SEQ ID NO. 57; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 71and SEQ ID NO. 72; and α7: both SEQ ID NO. 87 and SEQ ID NO. 88, andboth SEQ ID NO. 89 and SEQ ID NO. 90; and α10: both SEQ ID NO. 128, SEQID NO. 129 and SEQ ID NO. 130 or all four SEQ ID NO. 131, SEQ ID NO.132, SEQ ID NO. 133, SEQ ID NO. 134; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 111 and SEQID NO. 112, and both SEQ ID NO. 113 and SEQ ID NO. 114; and α8: SEQ IDNO. 97, and both SEQ ID NO. 98 and SEQ ID NO. 99.

Or, in this regard, the invention also contemplates a composition ofprimers comprising for E7: α5: both SEQ ID NO. 49, SEQ ID NO. 50 andboth SEQ ID NO. 51, SEQ ID NO. 52; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 63 or SEQ ID NO.64 or SEQ ID NO. 65 SEQ ID NO. 66 or both SEQ ID NO. 67 and SEQ ID NO.68, and both SEQ ID NO. 69 and SEQ ID NO. 70; and α7: SEQ ID NO. 82 orboth SEQ ID NO. 83, SEQ ID NO. 84, and both SEQ ID NO. 85, SEQ ID NO.86; and α10: all three SEQ ID NO. 122, SEQ ID NO. 123 and SEQ ID NO.124, and all three SEQ ID NO. 125, SEQ ID NO. 126 and SEQ ID NO. 127;and α9: all three SEQ ID NO. 105, SEQ ID NO. 106 and SEQ ID NO. 107, andall three SEQ ID NO. 108, SEQ ID NO. 109 and 110; and α8: SEQ ID NO. 94,and both SEQ ID NO. 95 and SEQ ID NO. 96

And comprising for L1 α5: SEQ ID NO. 53 or both SEQ ID NO. 54 and SEQ IDNO. 55, and both SEQ ID NO. 56 and SEQ ID NO. 57; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 71and SEQ ID NO. 72; and α7: both SEQ ID NO. 87 and SEQ ID NO. 88, andboth SEQ ID NO. 89 and SEQ ID NO. 90; and α10: both SEQ ID NO. 128, SEQID NO. 129 and SEQ ID NO. 130 or all four SEQ ID NO. 131, SEQ ID NO.132, SEQ ID NO. 133, SEQ ID NO. 134; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 111 and SEQID NO. 112, and both SEQ ID NO. 113 and SEQ ID NO. 114; and α8: SEQ IDNO. 97, and both SEQ ID NO. 98 and SEQ ID NO. 99.

In a forth specific embodiment, the above defined invention is practicedto include at least the group consisting of papillomaviruses α6comprising HPV 30, HPV 53, HPV 56 and HPV 66, papillomaviruses α7comprising HPV 68, HPV 39, HPV 70, HPV 85, HPV 59, HPV 45, HPV 18, HPV97, papillomaviruses α00 comprising HPV 16, HPV 35, HPV 31, HPV 52, HPV67, HPV 33, HPV 58, papillomaviruses α5 comprising HPV 26, HPV, 69, HPV51, HPV 82, papillomaviruses α9 comprising HPV 6, HPV 11, HPV 13, HPV 1,HPV 74, HPV 44, papillomaviruses α8 comprising HPV 91, HPV 43, HPV 7,HPV 40 and papillomaviruses α1 comprising HPV 42, HPV 32.

In this regard, the invention also contemplates a composition of primerscomprising for E6: α5: both SEQ ID NO. 44 and SEQ ID NO. 45, and allthree SEQ ID NO. 46, SEQ ID NO. 47 and SEQ ID NO. 48 and; α6: SEQ ID NO.58 or both SEQ ID NO. 59 and SEQ ID NO. 60, and both SEQ ID NO. 61 andSEQ ID NO. 62 and; α7: all three SEQ ID NO. 73, SEQ ID NO. 75 and SEQ IDNO. 76 or all three SEQ ID NO. 74, SEQ ID NO. 75 and SEQ ID NO. 76, andall five SEQ ID NO. 77, SEQ ID NO. 78, SEQ ID NO. 79, SEQ ID NO. 80 andSEQ ID NO. 81 and; α10: all three SEQ ID NO. 115, SEQ ID NO. 116, SEQ IDNO. 117 and all four SEQ ID NO. 118, SEQ ID NO. 119, SEQ ID NO. 120, SEQID NO. 121; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 100 and SEQ ID NO. 101 and all threeSEQ ID NO. 102, SEQ ID NO. 103 and SEQ ID NO. 104; and α8: SEQ ID NO.91, and both SEQ ID NO. 92 and SEQ ID NO. 93; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 1 andSEQ ID NO. 2

And comprising for L1 α5: SEQ ID NO. 53 or both SEQ ID NO. 54 and SEQ IDNO. 55, and both SEQ ID NO. 56 and SEQ ID NO. 57; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 71and SEQ ID NO. 72; and α7: both SEQ ID NO. 87 and SEQ ID NO. 88, andboth SEQ ID NO. 89 and SEQ ID NO. 90; and α10: both SEQ ID NO. 128, SEQID NO. 129 and SEQ ID NO. 130 or all four SEQ ID NO. 131, SEQ ID NO.132, SEQ ID NO. 133, SEQ ID NO. 134; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 111 and SEQID NO. 112, and both SEQ ID NO. 113 and SEQ ID NO. 114; and α8: SEQ IDNO. 97, and both SEQ ID NO. 98 and SEQ ID NO. 99; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 5and SEQ ID NO. 6.

Or, in this regard, the invention also contemplates a composition ofprimers comprising for E7: α5: both SEQ ID NO. 49, SEQ ID NO. 50 andboth SEQ ID NO. 51, SEQ ID NO. 52; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 63 or SEQ ID NO.64 or SEQ ID NO. 65 SEQ ID NO. 66 or both SEQ ID NO. 67 and SEQ ID NO.68, and both SEQ ID NO. 69 and SEQ ID NO. 70; and α7: SEQ ID NO. 82 orboth SEQ ID NO. 83, SEQ ID NO. 84, and both SEQ ID NO. 85, SEQ ID NO.86; and α10: all three SEQ ID NO. 122, SEQ ID NO. 123 and SEQ ID NO.124, and all three SEQ ID NO. 125, SEQ ID NO. 126 and SEQ ID NO. 127;and α9: all three SEQ ID NO. 105, SEQ ID NO. 106 and SEQ ID NO. 107, andall three SEQ ID NO. 108, SEQ ID NO. 109 and 110; and α8: SEQ ID NO. 94,and both SEQ ID NO. 95 and SEQ ID NO. 96; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 3 and SEQID NO. 4

And comprising for L1 α5: SEQ ID NO. 53 or both SEQ ID NO. 54 and SEQ IDNO. 55, and both SEQ ID NO. 56 and SEQ ID NO. 57; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 71and SEQ ID NO. 72; and α7: both SEQ ID NO. 87 and SEQ ID NO. 88, andboth SEQ ID NO. 89 and SEQ ID NO. 90; and α10: both SEQ ID NO. 128, SEQID NO. 129 and SEQ ID NO. 130 or all four SEQ ID NO. 131, SEQ ID NO.132, SEQ ID NO. 133, SEQ ID NO. 134; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 111 and SEQID NO. 112, and both SEQ ID NO. 113 and SEQ ID NO. 114; and α8: SEQ IDNO. 97, and both SEQ ID NO. 98 and SEQ ID NO. 99; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 5and SEQ ID NO. 6.

In a fifth specific embodiment, the above defined invention is practicedto include at least the group consisting of papillomaviruses α6comprising HPV 30, HPV 53, HPV 56 and HPV 66, papillomaviruses α7comprising HPV 68, HPV 39, HPV 70, HPV 85, HPV 59, HPV 45, HPV 18, HPV97, papillomaviruses α10 comprising HPV 16, HPV 35, HPV 31, HPV 52, HPV67, HPV 33, HPV 58, papillomaviruses α5 comprising HPV 26, HPV, 69, HPV51, HPV 82, papillomaviruses α9 comprising HPV 6, HPV 11, HPV 13, HPV 1,HPV 74, HPV 44, papillomaviruses α8 comprising HPV 91, HPV 43, HPV 7,HPV 40 papillomaviruses α1 comprising HPV 42, HPV 32 and papillomavirusα3 comprising HPV 114, HPV 84, HPV 86, HPV87, HPV 102, HPV83, HPV89, HPV61, HPV 72, HPV 62.

In this regard, the invention also contemplates a composition of primerscomprising for E6: α5: both SEQ ID NO. 44 and SEQ ID NO. 45, and allthree SEQ ID NO. 46, SEQ ID NO. 47 and SEQ ID NO. 48 and; α6: SEQ ID NO.58 or both SEQ ID NO. 59 and SEQ ID NO. 60, and both SEQ ID NO. 61 andSEQ ID NO. 62 and; α7: all three SEQ ID NO. 73, SEQ ID NO. 75 and SEQ IDNO. 76 or all three SEQ ID NO. 74, SEQ ID NO. 75 and SEQ ID NO. 76, andall five SEQ ID NO. 77, SEQ ID NO. 78, SEQ ID NO. 79, SEQ ID NO. 80 andSEQ ID NO. 81 and; α10: all three SEQ ID NO. 115, SEQ ID NO. 116, SEQ IDNO. 117 and all four SEQ ID NO. 118, SEQ ID NO. 119, SEQ ID NO. 120, SEQID NO. 121; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 100 and SEQ ID NO. 101 and all threeSEQ ID NO. 102, SEQ ID NO. 103 and SEQ ID NO. 104; and α8: SEQ ID NO.91, and both SEQ ID NO. 92 and SEQ ID NO. 93; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 1 andSEQ ID NO. 2; and α3: all three SEQ ID NO. 21, SEQ ID NO. 22 and SEQ IDNO. 23, and all four SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 25, SEQ ID NO. 26 and SEQID NO. 27

And comprising for L1 α5: SEQ ID NO. 53 or both SEQ ID NO. 54 and SEQ IDNO. 55, and both SEQ ID NO. 56 and SEQ ID NO. 57; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 71and SEQ ID NO. 72; and α7: both SEQ ID NO. 87 and SEQ ID NO. 88, andboth SEQ ID NO. 89 and SEQ ID NO. 90; and α10: both SEQ ID NO. 128, SEQID NO. 129 and SEQ ID NO. 130 or all four SEQ ID NO. 131, SEQ ID NO.132, SEQ ID NO. 133, SEQ ID NO. 134; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 111 and SEQID NO. 112, and both SEQ ID NO. 113 and SEQ ID NO. 114; and α8: SEQ IDNO. 97, and both SEQ ID NO. 98 and SEQ ID NO. 99; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 5and SEQ ID NO. 6; and α3 SEQ ID NO. 33 and both SEQ ID NO. 34 and SEQ IDNO. 35.

Or, in this regard, the invention also contemplates a composition ofprimers comprising for E7: α5: both SEQ ID NO. 49, SEQ ID NO. 50 andboth SEQ ID NO. 51, SEQ ID NO. 52; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 63 or SEQ ID NO.64 or SEQ ID NO. 65 or SEQ ID NO. 66 or both SEQ ID NO. 67 and SEQ IDNO. 68, and both SEQ ID NO. 69 and SEQ ID NO. 70; and α7: SEQ ID NO. 82or both SEQ ID NO. 83, SEQ ID NO. 84, and both SEQ ID NO. 85, SEQ ID NO.86; and α10: all three SEQ ID NO. 122, SEQ ID NO. 123 and SEQ ID NO.124, and all three SEQ ID NO. 125, SEQ ID NO. 126 and SEQ ID NO. 127;and α9: all three SEQ ID NO. 105, SEQ ID NO. 106 and SEQ ID NO. 107, andall three SEQ ID NO. 108, SEQ ID NO. 109 and 110; and α8: SEQ ID NO. 94,and both SEQ ID NO. 95 and SEQ ID NO. 96; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 3 and SEQID NO. 4; and α3: both SEQ ID NO. 28 and SEQ ID NO. 29, and all threeSEQ ID NO. 30, SEQ ID NO. 31, SEQ ID NO. 32,

And comprising for L1 α5: SEQ ID NO. 53 or both SEQ ID NO. 54 and SEQ IDNO. 55, and both SEQ ID NO. 56 and SEQ ID NO. 57; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 71and SEQ ID NO. 72; and α7: both SEQ ID NO. 87 and SEQ ID NO. 88, andboth SEQ ID NO. 89 and SEQ ID NO. 90; and α10: both SEQ ID NO. 128, SEQID NO. 129 and SEQ ID NO. 130 or all four SEQ ID NO. 131, SEQ ID NO.132, SEQ ID NO. 133, SEQ ID NO. 134; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 111 and SEQID NO. 112, and both SEQ ID NO. 113 and SEQ ID NO. 114; and α8: SEQ IDNO. 97, and both SEQ ID NO. 98 and SEQ ID NO. 99; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 5and SEQ ID NO. 6; and α3 SEQ ID NO. 33 and both SEQ ID NO. 34 and SEQ IDNO. 35.

In a sixth specific embodiment, the above defined invention is practicedto include at least the group consisting of papillomaviruses α6comprising HPV 30, HPV 53, HPV 56 and HPV 66, papillomaviruses α7comprising HPV 68, HPV 39, HPV 70, HPV 85, HPV 59, HPV 45, HPV 18, HPV97, papillomaviruses α10 comprising HPV 16, HPV 35, HPV 31, HPV 52, HPV67, HPV 33, HPV 58, papillomaviruses α5 comprising HPV 26, HPV, 69, HPV51, HPV 82, papillomaviruses α9 comprising HPV 6, HPV 11, HPV 13, HPV 1,HPV 74, HPV 44, papillomaviruses α8 comprising HPV 91, HPV 43, HPV 7,HPV 40 papillomaviruses α1 comprising HPV 42, HPV 32, papillomavirus α3comprising HPV 114, HPV 84, HPV 86, HPV87, HPV 102, HPV83, HPV89, HPV61, HPV 72, HPV 62 and papillomavirus α2 comprising HPV 117, HPV 10, HPV94, HPV 28, HPV125, HPV 3, HPV 78, HPV 160, HPV 29, HPV 77.

In this regard, the invention also contemplates a composition of primerscomprising for E6: α5: both SEQ ID NO. 44 and SEQ ID NO. 45, and allthree SEQ ID NO. 46, SEQ ID NO. 47 and SEQ ID NO. 48 and; α6: SEQ ID NO.58 or both SEQ ID NO. 59 and SEQ ID NO. 60, and both SEQ ID NO. 61 andSEQ ID NO. 62 and; α7: all three SEQ ID NO. 73, SEQ ID NO. 75 and SEQ IDNO. 76 or all three SEQ ID NO. 74, SEQ ID NO. 75 and SEQ ID NO. 76, andall five SEQ ID NO. 77, SEQ ID NO. 78, SEQ ID NO. 79, SEQ ID NO. 80 andSEQ ID NO. 81 and; α10: all three SEQ ID NO. 115, SEQ ID NO. 116, SEQ IDNO. 117 and all four SEQ ID NO. 118, SEQ ID NO. 119, SEQ ID NO. 120, SEQID NO. 121; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 100 and SEQ ID NO. 101 and all threeSEQ ID NO. 102, SEQ ID NO. 103 and SEQ ID NO. 104; and α8: SEQ ID NO.91, and both SEQ ID NO. 92 and SEQ ID NO. 93; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 1 andSEQ ID NO. 2; and α3: all three SEQ ID NO. 21, SEQ ID NO. 22 and SEQ IDNO. 23, and all four SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 25, SEQ ID NO. 26 and SEQID NO. 27; and α2 and both SEQ ID NO. 7 and SEQ ID NO. 8, and all threeSEQ ID NO. 9, SEQ ID NO. 10 and SEQ ID NO. 11

And comprising for L1 α5: SEQ ID NO. 53 or both SEQ ID NO. 54 and SEQ IDNO. 55, and both SEQ ID NO. 56 and SEQ ID NO. 57; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 71and SEQ ID NO. 72; and α7: both SEQ ID NO. 87 and SEQ ID NO. 88, andboth SEQ ID NO. 89 and SEQ ID NO. 90; and α10: both SEQ ID NO. 128, SEQID NO. 129 and SEQ ID NO. 130 or all four SEQ ID NO. 131, SEQ ID NO.132, SEQ ID NO. 133, SEQ ID NO. 134; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 111 and SEQID NO. 112, and both SEQ ID NO. 113 and SEQ ID NO. 114; and α8: SEQ IDNO. 97, and both SEQ ID NO. 98 and SEQ ID NO. 99; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 5and SEQ ID NO. 6; and α3 SEQ ID NO. 33 and both SEQ ID NO. 34 and SEQ IDNO. 35; and α2 SEQ ID NO. 18, and both SEQ ID NO. 19 and SEQ ID NO. 20.

Or, in this regard, the invention also contemplates a composition ofprimers comprising for E7: α5: both SEQ ID NO. 49, SEQ ID NO. 50 andboth SEQ ID NO. 51, SEQ ID NO. 52; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 63 or SEQ ID NO.64 or SEQ ID NO. 65 SEQ ID NO. 66 or both SEQ ID NO. 67 and SEQ ID NO.68, and both SEQ ID NO. 69 and SEQ ID NO. 70; and α7: SEQ ID NO. 82 orboth SEQ ID NO. 83, SEQ ID NO. 84, and both SEQ ID NO. 85, SEQ ID NO.86; and α10: all three SEQ ID NO. 122, SEQ ID NO. 123 and SEQ ID NO.124, and all three SEQ ID NO. 125, SEQ ID NO. 126 and SEQ ID NO. 127;and α9: all three SEQ ID NO. 105, SEQ ID NO. 106 and SEQ ID NO. 107, andall three SEQ ID NO. 108, SEQ ID NO. 109 and 110; and α8: SEQ ID NO. 94,and both SEQ ID NO. 95 and SEQ ID NO. 96; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 3 and SEQID NO. 4; and α3: both SEQ ID NO. 28 and SEQ ID NO. 29, and all threeSEQ ID NO. 30, SEQ ID NO. 31, SEQ ID NO. 32; and α2: all three SEQ IDNO. 12, SEQ ID NO. 13 and SEQ ID NO. 14, and all three SEQ ID NO. 15,SEQ ID NO. 16 and SEQ ID NO. 17,

And comprising for L1 α5: SEQ ID NO. 53 or both SEQ ID NO. 54 and SEQ IDNO. 55, and both SEQ ID NO. 56 and SEQ ID NO. 57; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 71and SEQ ID NO. 72; and α7: both SEQ ID NO. 87 and SEQ ID NO. 88, andboth SEQ ID NO. 89 and SEQ ID NO. 90; and α10: both SEQ ID NO. 128, SEQID NO. 129 and SEQ ID NO. 130 or all four SEQ ID NO. 131, SEQ ID NO.132, SEQ ID NO. 133, SEQ ID NO. 134; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 111 and SEQID NO. 112, and both SEQ ID NO. 113 and SEQ ID NO. 114; and α8: SEQ IDNO. 97, and both SEQ ID NO. 98 and SEQ ID NO. 99; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 5and SEQ ID NO. 6; and α3 SEQ ID NO. 33 and both SEQ ID NO. 34 and SEQ IDNO. 35; and α2 SEQ ID NO. 18, and both SEQ ID NO. 19 and SEQ ID NO. 20.

In a seventh specific embodiment, the above defined invention ispracticed to include at least the group consisting of papillomavirusesα6 comprising HPV 30, HPV 53, HPV 56 and HPV 66, papillomaviruses α7comprising HPV 68, HPV 39, HPV 70, HPV 85, HPV 59, HPV 45, HPV 18, HPV97, papillomaviruses α10 comprising HPV 16, HPV 35, HPV 31, HPV 52, HPV67, HPV 33, HPV 58, papillomaviruses α5 comprising HPV 26, HPV, 69, HPV51, HPV 82, papillomaviruses α9 comprising HPV 6, HPV 11, HPV 13, HPV 1,HPV 74, HPV 44, papillomaviruses α8 comprising HPV 91, HPV 43, HPV 7,HPV 40 papillomaviruses α1 comprising HPV 42, HPV 32, papillomavirus α3comprising HPV 114, HPV 84, HPV 86, HPV87, HPV 102, HPV83, HPV89, HPV61, HPV 72, HPV 62, papillomavirus α2 comprising HPV 117, HPV 10, HPV94, HPV 28, HPV125, HPV 3, HPV 78, HPV 160, HPV 29, HPV 77 andpapillomaviruses α4 comprising HPV 2, HPV 27, HPV 57.

In this regard, the invention also contemplates a composition of primerscomprising for E6: α5: both SEQ ID NO. 44 and SEQ ID NO. 45, and allthree SEQ ID NO. 46, SEQ ID NO. 47 and SEQ ID NO. 48 and; α6: SEQ ID NO.58 or both SEQ ID NO. 59 and SEQ ID NO. 60, and both SEQ ID NO. 61 andSEQ ID NO. 62 and; α7: all three SEQ ID NO. 73, SEQ ID NO. 75 and SEQ IDNO. 76 or all three SEQ ID NO. 74, SEQ ID NO. 75 and SEQ ID NO. 76, andall five SEQ ID NO. 77, SEQ ID NO. 78, SEQ ID NO. 79, SEQ ID NO. 80 andSEQ ID NO. 81 and; α10: all three SEQ ID NO. 115, SEQ ID NO. 116, SEQ IDNO. 117 and all four SEQ ID NO. 118, SEQ ID NO. 119, SEQ ID NO. 120, SEQID NO. 121; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 100 and SEQ ID NO. 101 and all threeSEQ ID NO. 102, SEQ ID NO. 103 and SEQ ID NO. 104; and α8: SEQ ID NO.91, and both SEQ ID NO. 92 and SEQ ID NO. 93; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 1 andSEQ ID NO. 2; and α3: all three SEQ ID NO. 21, SEQ ID NO. 22 and SEQ IDNO. 23, and all four SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 25, SEQ ID NO. 26 and SEQID NO. 27; and α2 and both SEQ ID NO. 7 and SEQ ID NO. 8, and all threeSEQ ID NO. 9, SEQ ID NO. 10 and SEQ ID NO. 11; and α4: SEQ ID NO. 36,and SEQ ID NO. 37

And comprising for L1 α5: SEQ ID NO. 53 or both SEQ ID NO. 54 and SEQ IDNO. 55, and both SEQ ID NO. 56 and SEQ ID NO. 57; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 71and SEQ ID NO. 72; and α7: both SEQ ID NO. 87 and SEQ ID NO. 88, andboth SEQ ID NO. 89 and SEQ ID NO. 90; and α10: both SEQ ID NO. 128, SEQID NO. 129 and SEQ ID NO. 130 or all four SEQ ID NO. 131, SEQ ID NO.132, SEQ ID NO. 133, SEQ ID NO. 134; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 111 and SEQID NO. 112, and both SEQ ID NO. 113 and SEQ ID NO. 114; and α8: SEQ IDNO. 97, and both SEQ ID NO. 98 and SEQ ID NO. 99; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 5and SEQ ID NO. 6; and α3 SEQ ID NO. 33 and both SEQ ID NO. 34 and SEQ IDNO. 35; and α2 SEQ ID NO. 18, and both SEQ ID NO. 19 and SEQ ID NO. 20;and α4: SEQ ID NO. 40 or SEQ ID NO. 41, and SEQ ID NO. 42 or SEQ ID NO.43.

Or, in this regard, the invention also contemplates a composition ofprimers comprising for E7: α5: both SEQ ID NO. 49, SEQ ID NO. 50 andboth SEQ ID NO. 51, SEQ ID NO. 52; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 63 or SEQ ID NO.64 or SEQ ID NO. 65 SEQ ID NO. 66 or both SEQ ID NO. 67 and SEQ ID NO.68, and both SEQ ID NO. 69 and SEQ ID NO. 70; and α7: SEQ ID NO. 82 orboth SEQ ID NO. 83, SEQ ID NO. 84, and both SEQ ID NO. 85, SEQ ID NO.86; and α10: all three SEQ ID NO. 122, SEQ ID NO. 123 and SEQ ID NO.124, and all three SEQ ID NO. 125, SEQ ID NO. 126 and SEQ ID NO. 127;and α9: all three SEQ ID NO. 105, SEQ ID NO. 106 and SEQ ID NO. 107, andall three SEQ ID NO. 108, SEQ ID NO. 109 and 110; and α8: SEQ ID NO. 94,and both SEQ ID NO. 95 and SEQ ID NO. 96; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 3 and SEQID NO. 4; and α3: both SEQ ID NO. 28 and SEQ ID NO. 29, and all threeSEQ ID NO. 30, SEQ ID NO. 31, SEQ ID NO. 32; and α2: all three SEQ IDNO. 12, SEQ ID NO. 13 and SEQ ID NO. 14, and all three SEQ ID NO. 15,SEQ ID NO. 16 and SEQ ID NO. 17; and α4: SEQ ID NO. 38, and SEQ ID NO.39

And comprising for L1 α5: SEQ ID NO. 53 or both SEQ ID NO. 54 and SEQ IDNO. 55, and both SEQ ID NO. 56 and SEQ ID NO. 57; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 71and SEQ ID NO. 72; and α7: both SEQ ID NO. 87 and SEQ ID NO. 88, andboth SEQ ID NO. 89 and SEQ ID NO. 90; and α10: both SEQ ID NO. 128, SEQID NO. 129 and SEQ ID NO. 130 or all four SEQ ID NO. 131, SEQ ID NO.132, SEQ ID NO. 133, SEQ ID NO. 134; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 111 and SEQID NO. 112, and both SEQ ID NO. 113 and SEQ ID NO. 114; and α8: SEQ IDNO. 97, and both SEQ ID NO. 98 and SEQ ID NO. 99; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 5and SEQ ID NO. 6; and α3 SEQ ID NO. 33 and both SEQ ID NO. 34 and SEQ IDNO. 35; and α2 SEQ ID NO. 18, and both SEQ ID NO. 19 and SEQ ID NO. 20;and α4: SEQ ID NO. 40 or SEQ ID NO. 41, and SEQ ID NO. 42 or SEQ ID NO.43.

In an eighth specific embodiment, the above defined invention ispracticed to include at least the group consisting of papillomavirusesα6 comprising HPV 30, HPV 53, HPV 56 and HPV 66, papillomaviruses α7comprising HPV 68, HPV 39, HPV 70, HPV 85, HPV 59, HPV 45, HPV 18, HPV97, papillomaviruses α10 comprising HPV 16, HPV 35, HPV 31, HPV 52, HPV67, HPV 33, HPV 58, papillomaviruses α5 comprising HPV 26, HPV, 69, HPV51, HPV 82, papillomaviruses α9 comprising HPV 6, HPV 11, HPV 13, HPV 1,HPV 74, HPV 44, papillomaviruses α8 comprising HPV 91, HPV 43, HPV 7,HPV 40 papillomaviruses α1 comprising HPV 42, HPV 32, papillomavirus α3comprising HPV 114, HPV 84, HPV 86, HPV87, HPV 102, HPV83, HPV89, HPV61, HPV 72, HPV 62, papillomavirus α2 comprising HPV 117, HPV 10, HPV94, HPV 28, HPV125, HPV 3, HPV 78, HPV 160, HPV 29, HPV 77,papillomaviruses α4 comprising HPV 2, HPV 27, HPV 57 andpapillomaviruses α11 comprising HPV 73, HPV 34.

In this regard, the invention also contemplates a composition of primerscomprising for E6: α5: both SEQ ID NO. 44 and SEQ ID NO. 45, and allthree SEQ ID NO. 46, SEQ ID NO. 47 and SEQ ID NO. 48 and; α6: SEQ ID NO.58 or both SEQ ID NO. 59 and SEQ ID NO. 60, and both SEQ ID NO. 61 andSEQ ID NO. 62 and; α7: all three SEQ ID NO. 73, SEQ ID NO. 75 and SEQ IDNO. 76 or all three SEQ ID NO. 74, SEQ ID NO. 75 and SEQ ID NO. 76, andall five SEQ ID NO. 77, SEQ ID NO. 78, SEQ ID NO. 79, SEQ ID NO. 80 andSEQ ID NO. 81 and; α10: all three SEQ ID NO. 115, SEQ ID NO. 116, SEQ IDNO. 117 and all four. SEQ ID NO. 118, SEQ ID NO. 119, SEQ ID NO. 120,SEQ ID NO. 121; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 100 and SEQ ID NO. 101 and allthree SEQ ID NO. 102, SEQ ID NO. 103 and SEQ ID NO. 104; and α8: SEQ IDNO. 91, and both SEQ ID NO. 92 and SEQ ID NO. 93; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 1and SEQ ID NO. 2; and α3: all three SEQ ID NO. 21, SEQ ID NO. 22 and SEQID NO. 23, and all four SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 25, SEQ ID NO. 26 andSEQ ID NO. 27; and α2 and both SEQ ID NO. 7 and SEQ ID NO. 8, and allthree SEQ ID NO. 9, SEQ ID NO. 10 and SEQ ID NO. 11; and α4: SEQ ID NO.36, and SEQ ID NO. 37; and α11: SEQ ID NO. 135, and SEQ ID NO. 136,

And comprising for L1 α5: SEQ ID NO. 53 or both SEQ ID NO. 54 and SEQ IDNO. 55, and both SEQ ID NO. 56 and SEQ ID NO. 57; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 71and SEQ ID NO. 72; and α7: both SEQ ID NO. 87 and SEQ ID NO. 88, andboth SEQ ID NO. 89 and SEQ ID NO. 90; and α10: both SEQ ID NO. 128, SEQID NO. 129 and SEQ ID NO. 130 or all four SEQ ID NO. 131, SEQ ID NO.132, SEQ ID NO. 133, SEQ ID NO. 134; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 111 and SEQID NO. 112, and both SEQ ID NO. 113 and SEQ ID NO. 114; and α8: SEQ IDNO. 97, and both SEQ ID NO. 98 and SEQ ID NO. 99; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 5and SEQ ID NO. 6; and α3 SEQ ID NO. 33 and both SEQ ID NO. 34 and SEQ IDNO. 35; and α2 SEQ ID NO. 18, and both SEQ ID NO. 19 and SEQ ID NO. 20;and α4: SEQ ID NO. 40 or SEQ ID NO. 41, and SEQ ID NO. 42 or SEQ ID NO.43; and α11: SEQ ID NO. 139, and SEQ ID NO. 140.

Or, in this regard, the invention also contemplates a composition ofprimers comprising for E7: α5: both SEQ ID NO. 49, SEQ ID NO. 50 andboth SEQ ID NO. 51, SEQ ID NO. 52; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 63 or SEQ ID NO.64 or SEQ ID NO. 65 SEQ ID NO. 66 or both SEQ ID NO. 67 and SEQ ID NO.68, and both SEQ ID NO. 69 and SEQ ID NO. 70; and α7: SEQ ID NO. 82 orboth SEQ ID NO. 83, SEQ ID NO. 84, and both SEQ ID NO. 85, SEQ ID NO.86; and α10: all three SEQ ID NO. 122, SEQ ID NO. 123 and SEQ ID NO.124, and all three SEQ ID NO, 125, SEQ ID NO. 126 and SEQ ID NO. 127;and α9: all three SEQ ID NO. 105, SEQ ID NO. 106 and SEQ ID NO. 107, andall three SEQ ID NO. 108, SEQ ID NO. 109 and 110; and α8: SEQ ID NO. 94,and both SEQ ID NO. 95 and SEQ ID NO. 96; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 3 and SEQID NO. 4; and α3: both SEQ ID NO. 28 and SEQ ID NO. 29, and all threeSEQ ID NO. 30, SEQ ID NO. 31, SEQ ID NO. 32; and α2: all three SEQ IDNO. 12, SEQ ID NO. 13 and SEQ ID NO. 14, and all three SEQ ID NO. 15,SEQ ID NO. 16 and SEQ ID NO. 17; and α4: SEQ ID NO. 38, and SEQ ID NO.39; and α11 SEQ ID NO. 137, and SEQ ID NO. 138,

And comprising for L1 α5: SEQ ID NO. 53 or both SEQ ID NO. 54 and SEQ IDNO. 55, and both SEQ ID NO. 56 and SEQ ID NO. 57; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 71and SEQ ID NO. 72; and α7: both SEQ ID NO. 87 and SEQ ID NO. 88, andboth SEQ ID NO. 89 and SEQ ID NO. 90; and α10: both SEQ ID NO. 128, SEQID NO. 129 and SEQ ID NO. 130 or all four SEQ ID NO. 131, SEQ ID NO.132, SEQ ID NO. 133, SEQ ID NO. 134; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 111 and SEQID NO. 112, and both SEQ ID NO. 113 and SEQ ID NO. 114; and α8: SEQ IDNO. 97, and both SEQ ID NO. 98 and SEQ ID NO. 99; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 5and SEQ ID NO. 6; and α3 SEQ ID NO. 33 and both SEQ ID NO. 34 and SEQ IDNO. 35; and α2 SEQ ID NO. 18, and both SEQ ID NO. 19 and SEQ ID NO. 20;and α4: SEQ ID NO. 40 or SEQ ID NO. 41, and SEQ ID NO. 42 or SEQ ID NO.43; and α11: SEQ ID NO. 139, and SEQ ID NO. 140.

In a ninth specific embodiment, the above defined invention is practicedto include at least the group consisting of papillomaviruses α6comprising HPV 30, HPV 53, HPV 56 and HPV 66, papillomaviruses α7comprising HPV 68, HPV 39, HPV 70, HPV 85, HPV 59, HPV 45, HPV 18, HPV97, papillomaviruses α10 comprising HPV 16, HPV 35, HPV 31, HPV 52, HPV67, HPV 33, HPV 58, papillomaviruses α5 comprising HPV 26, HPV, 69, HPV51, HPV 82, papillomaviruses α9 comprising HPV 6, HPV 11, HPV 13, HPV 1,HPV 74, HPV 44, papillomaviruses α8 comprising HPV 91, HPV 43, HPV 7,HPV 40, papillomaviruses α1 comprising HPV 42, HPV 32, papillomavirus α3comprising HPV 114, HPV 84, HPV 86, HPV87, HPV 102, HPV83, HPV89, HPV61, HPV 72, HPV 62, papillomavirus α2 comprising HPV 117, HPV 10, HPV94, HPV 28, HPV125, HPV 3, HPV 78, HPV 160, HPV 29, HPV 77,papillomaviruses α4 comprising HPV 2, HPV 27, HPV 57, papillomavirusesα11 comprising HPV 73, HPV 34 and papillomaviruses α13 comprising HPV54.

In this regard, the invention also contemplates a composition of primerscomprising for E6: α5: both SEQ ID NO. 44 and SEQ ID NO. 45, and allthree SEQ ID NO. 46, SEQ ID NO. 47 and SEQ ID NO. 48 and; α6: SEQ ID NO.58 or both SEQ ID NO. 59 and SEQ ID NO. 60, and both SEQ ID NO. 61 andSEQ ID NO. 62 and; α7: all three SEQ ID NO. 73, SEQ ID NO. 75 and SEQ IDNO. 76 or all three SEQ ID NO. 74, SEQ ID NO. 75 and SEQ ID NO. 76, andall five SEQ ID NO. 77, SEQ ID NO. 78, SEQ ID NO. 79, SEQ ID NO. 80 andSEQ ID NO. 81 and; α10: all three SEQ ID NO. 115, SEQ ID NO. 116, SEQ IDNO. 117 and all four SEQ ID NO. 118, SEQ ID NO. 119, SEQ ID NO. 120, SEQID NO. 121; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 100 and SEQ ID NO. 101 and all threeSEQ ID NO. 102, SEQ ID NO. 103 and SEQ ID NO. 104; and α8: SEQ ID NO.91, and both SEQ ID NO. 92 and SEQ ID NO. 93; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 1 andSEQ ID NO. 2; and α3: all three SEQ ID NO. 21, SEQ ID NO. 22 and SEQ IDNO. 23, and all four SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 25, SEQ ID NO. 26 and SEQID NO. 27; and α2 and both SEQ ID NO. 7 and SEQ ID NO. 8, and all threeSEQ ID NO. 9, SEQ ID NO. 10 and SEQ ID NO. 11; and α4: SEQ ID NO. 36,and SEQ ID NO. 37; and α11: SEQ ID NO. 135, and SEQ ID NO. 136; and α13SEQ ID NO. 141, and SEQ ID NO. 142,

And comprising for L1 α5: SEQ ID NO. 53 or both SEQ ID NO. 54 and SEQ IDNO. 55, and both SEQ ID NO. 56 and SEQ ID NO. 57; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 71and SEQ ID NO. 72; and α7: both SEQ ID NO. 87 and SEQ ID NO. 88, andboth SEQ ID NO. 89 and SEQ ID NO. 90; and α10: both SEQ ID NO. 128, SEQID NO. 129 and SEQ ID NO. 130 or all four SEQ ID NO. 131, SEQ ID NO.132, SEQ ID NO. 133, SEQ ID NO. 134; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 111 and SEQID NO. 112, and both SEQ ID NO. 113 and SEQ ID NO. 114; and α8: SEQ IDNO. 97, and both SEQ ID NO. 98 and SEQ ID NO. 99; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 5and SEQ ID NO. 6; and α3 SEQ ID NO. 33 and both SEQ ID NO. 34 and SEQ IDNO. 35; and α2 SEQ ID NO. 18, and both SEQ ID NO. 19 and SEQ ID NO. 20;and α4: SEQ ID NO. 40 or SEQ ID NO. 41, and SEQ ID NO. 42 or SEQ ID NO.43; and α11: SEQ ID NO. 139, and SEQ ID NO. 140; and α13 SEQ ID NO. 145,and SEQ ID NO. 146.

Or, in this regard, the invention also contemplates a composition ofprimers comprising for E7: α5: both SEQ ID NO. 49, SEQ ID NO. 50 andboth SEQ ID NO. 51, SEQ ID NO. 52; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 63 or SEQ ID NO.64 or SEQ ID NO. 65 SEQ ID NO. 66 or both SEQ ID NO. 67 and SEQ ID NO.68, and both SEQ ID NO. 69 and SEQ ID NO. 70; and α7: SEQ ID NO. 82 orboth SEQ ID NO. 83, SEQ ID NO. 84, and both SEQ ID NO. 85, SEQ ID NO.86; and α10: all three SEQ ID NO. 122, SEQ ID NO. 123 and SEQ ID NO.124, and all three SEQ ID NO. 125, SEQ ID NO. 126 and SEQ ID NO. 127;and α9: all three SEQ ID NO. 105, SEQ ID NO. 106 and SEQ ID NO. 107, andall three SEQ ID NO. 108, SEQ ID NO. 109 and 110; and α8: SEQ ID NO. 94,and both SEQ ID NO. 95 and SEQ ID NO. 96; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 3 and SEQID NO. 4; and α3: both SEQ ID NO. 28 and SEQ ID NO. 29, and all threeSEQ ID NO. 30, SEQ ID NO. 31, SEQ ID NO. 32; and α2: all three SEQ IDNO. 12, SEQ ID NO. 13 and SEQ ID NO. 14, and all three SEQ ID NO. 15,SEQ ID NO. 16 and SEQ ID NO. 17; and α4: SEQ ID NO. 38, and SEQ ID NO.39; and all SEQ ID NO. 137, and SEQ ID NO. 138; and α13: SEQ ID NO. 143,and SEQ ID NO. 144,

And comprising for L1 α5: SEQ ID NO. 53 or both SEQ ID NO. 54 and SEQ IDNO. 55, and both SEQ ID NO. 56 and SEQ ID NO. 57; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 71and SEQ ID NO. 72; and α7: both SEQ ID NO. 87 and SEQ ID NO. 88, andboth SEQ ID NO. 89 and SEQ ID NO. 90; and α10: both SEQ ID NO. 128, SEQID NO. 129 and SEQ ID NO. 130 or all four SEQ ID NO. 131, SEQ ID NO.132, SEQ ID NO. 133, SEQ ID NO. 134; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 111 and SEQID NO. 112, and both SEQ ID NO. 113 and SEQ ID NO. 114; and α8: SEQ IDNO. 97, and both SEQ ID NO. 98 and SEQ ID NO. 99; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 5and SEQ ID NO. 6; and α3 SEQ ID NO. 33 and both SEQ ID NO. 34 and SEQ IDNO. 35; and α2 SEQ ID NO. 18, and both SEQ ID NO. 19 and SEQ ID NO. 20;and α4: SEQ ID NO. 40 or SEQ ID NO. 41, and SEQ ID NO. 42 or SEQ ID NO.43; and α11: SEQ ID NO. 139, and SEQ ID NO. 140; and α13 SEQ ID NO. 145,and SEQ ID NO. 146.

In a tenth specific embodiment, the above defined invention is practicedto include at least the group consisting of papillomaviruses α6comprising HPV 30, HPV 53, HPV 56 and HPV 66, papillomaviruses α7comprising HPV 68, HPV 39, HPV 70, HPV 85, HPV 59, HPV 45, HPV 18, HPV97, papillomaviruses α10 comprising HPV 16, HPV 35, HPV 31, HPV 52, HPV67, HPV 33, HPV 58, papillomaviruses α5 comprising HPV 26, HPV, 69, HPV51, HPV 82, papillomaviruses α9 comprising HPV 6, HPV 11, HPV 13, HPV 1,HPV 74, HPV 44, papillomaviruses α8 comprising HPV 91, HPV 43, HPV 7,HPV 40, papillomaviruses α1 comprising HPV 42, HPV 32, papillomavirus α3comprising HPV 114, HPV 84, HPV 86, HPV87, HPV 102, HPV83, HPV89, HPV61, HPV 72, HPV 62, papillomavirus α2 comprising HPV 117, HPV 10, HPV94, HPV 28, HPV125, HPV 3, HPV 78, HPV 160, HPV 29, HPV 77,papillomaviruses α4 comprising HPV 2, HPV 27, HPV 57, papillomavirusesα11 comprising HPV 73, HPV 34, papillomaviruses α13 comprising HPV 54and papillomaviruses α14 comprising HPV 106, HPV 90, HPV 71.

In this regard, the invention also contemplates a composition of primerscomprising for E6: α5: both SEQ ID NO. 44 and SEQ ID NO. 45, and allthree SEQ ID NO. 46, SEQ ID NO. 47 and SEQ ID NO. 48 and; α6: SEQ ID NO.58 or both SEQ ID NO. 59 and SEQ ID NO. 60, and both SEQ ID NO. 61 andSEQ ID NO. 62 and; α7: all three SEQ ID NO. 73, SEQ ID NO. 75 and SEQ IDNO. 76 or all three SEQ ID NO. 74, SEQ ID NO. 75 and SEQ ID NO. 76, andall five SEQ ID NO. 77, SEQ ID NO. 78, SEQ ID NO. 79, SEQ ID NO. 80 andSEQ ID NO. 81 and; α10: all three SEQ ID NO. 115, SEQ ID NO. 116, SEQ IDNO. 117 and all four SEQ ID NO. 118, SEQ ID NO. 119, SEQ ID NO. 120, SEQID NO. 121; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 100 and SEQ ID NO. 101 and all threeSEQ ID NO. 102, SEQ ID NO. 103 and SEQ ID NO. 104; and α8: SEQ ID NO.91, and both SEQ ID NO. 92 and SEQ ID NO. 93; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 1 andSEQ ID NO. 2; and α3: all three SEQ ID NO. 21, SEQ ID NO. 22 and SEQ IDNO. 23, and all four SEQ ID NO. 24, SEQ ID NO. 25, SEQ ID NO. 26 and SEQID NO. 27; and α2 and both SEQ ID NO. 7 and SEQ ID NO. 8, and all threeSEQ ID NO. 9, SEQ ID NO. 10 and SEQ ID NO. 11; and α4: SEQ ID NO. 36,and SEQ ID NO. 37; and α11: SEQ ID NO. 135, and SEQ ID NO. 136; and α13SEQ ID NO. 141, and SEQ ID NO. 142; and α14: SEQ ID NO. 147, and SEQ IDNO. 148,

And comprising for L1, α5: SEQ ID NO. 53 or both SEQ ID NO. 54 and SEQID NO. 55, and both SEQ ID NO. 56 and SEQ ID NO. 57; and α6: SEQ ID NO.71 and SEQ ID NO. 72; and α7: both SEQ ID NO. 87 and SEQ ID NO. 88, andboth SEQ ID NO. 89 and SEQ ID NO. 90; and α10: both SEQ ID NO. 128, SEQID NO. 129 and SEQ ID NO. 130 or all four SEQ ID NO. 131, SEQ ID NO.132, SEQ ID NO. 133, SEQ ID NO. 134; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 111 and SEQID NO. 112, and both SEQ ID NO. 113 and SEQ ID NO. 114; and α8: SEQ IDNO. 97, and both SEQ ID NO. 98 and SEQ ID NO. 99; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 5and SEQ ID NO. 6; and α3 SEQ ID NO. 33 and both SEQ ID NO. 34 and SEQ IDNO. 35; and α2 SEQ ID NO. 18, and both SEQ ID NO. 19 and SEQ ID NO. 20;and α4: SEQ ID NO. 40 or SEQ ID NO. 41, and SEQ ID NO. 42 or SEQ ID NO.43; and α11: SEQ ID NO. 139, and SEQ ID NO. 140; and α13 SEQ ID NO. 145,and SEQ ID NO. 146; and α14: SEQ ID NO. 151 and SEQ ID NO. 152.

Or, in this regard, the invention also contemplates a composition ofprimers comprising for E7: α5: both SEQ ID NO. 49, SEQ ID NO. 50 andboth SEQ ID NO. 51, SEQ ID NO. 52; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 63 or SEQ ID NO.64 or SEQ ID NO. 65 SEQ ID NO. 66 or both SEQ ID NO. 67 and SEQ ID NO.68, and both SEQ ID NO. 69 and SEQ ID NO. 70; and α7: SEQ ID NO. 82 orboth SEQ ID NO. 83, SEQ ID NO. 84, and both SEQ ID NO. 85, SEQ ID NO.86; and α10: all three SEQ ID NO. 122, SEQ ID NO. 123 and SEQ ID NO.124, and all three SEQ ID NO. 125, SEQ ID NO. 126 and SEQ ID NO. 127;and α9: all three SEQ ID NO. 105, SEQ ID NO. 106 and SEQ ID NO. 107, andall three SEQ ID NO. 108, SEQ ID NO. 109 and 110; and α8: SEQ ID NO. 94,and both SEQ ID NO. 95 and SEQ ID NO. 96; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 3 and SEQID NO. 4; and α3: both SEQ ID NO. 28 and SEQ ID NO. 29, and all threeSEQ ID NO. 30, SEQ ID NO. 31, SEQ ID NO. 32; and α2: all three SEQ IDNO. 12, SEQ ID NO. 13 and SEQ ID NO. 14, and all three SEQ ID NO. 15,SEQ ID NO. 16 and SEQ ID NO. 17; and α4: SEQ ID NO. 38, and SEQ ID NO.39; and all SEQ ID NO. 137, and SEQ ID NO. 138; and α13: SEQ ID NO. 143,and SEQ ID NO. 144; and α14: SEQ ID NO. 149, and SEQ ID NO. 150

And comprising for L1 α5: SEQ ID NO. 53 or both SEQ ID NO. 54 and SEQ IDNO. 55, and both SEQ ID NO. 56 and SEQ ID NO. 57; and α6: SEQ ID NO. 71and SEQ ID NO. 72; and α7: both SEQ ID NO. 87 and SEQ ID NO. 88, andboth SEQ ID NO. 89 and SEQ ID NO. 90; and α10: both SEQ ID NO. 128, SEQID NO. 129 and SEQ ID NO. 130 or all four SEQ ID NO. 131, SEQ ID NO.132, SEQ ID NO. 133, SEQ ID NO. 134; and α9: both SEQ ID NO. 111 and SEQID NO. 112, and both SEQ ID NO. 113 and SEQ ID NO. 114; and α8: SEQ IDNO. 97, and both SEQ ID NO. 98 and SEQ ID NO. 99; and α1: SEQ ID NO. 5and SEQ ID NO. 6; and α3 SEQ ID NO. 33 and both SEQ ID NO. 34 and SEQ IDNO. 35; and α2 SEQ ID NO. 18, and both SEQ ID NO. 19 and SEQ ID NO. 20;and α4: SEQ ID NO. 40 or SEQ ID NO. 41, and SEQ ID NO. 42 or SEQ ID NO.43; and α11: SEQ ID NO. 139, and SEQ ID NO. 140; and α13 SEQ ID NO. 145,and SEQ ID NO. 146; and α14: SEQ ID NO. 151 and SEQ ID NO. 152.

In another embodiment, the present invention relates to the use ofcomposition of primers describe above for diagnosis or prognosis of riskto develop HPV induced cancer in a human subject. Said primers canfurther comprise at least one of:

-   -   a functional group for covalent coupling at the 5′ or 3′ end,        such as a terminal group comprising a thiol, amine or carboxyl        group,    -   a spacer molecule or sequence at the 5′ or 3′ end,    -   additional sequences as index or tag sequences to perform pre or        post additional and general amplification steps not depending on        the target sequences to be quantified.

In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a composition ofprimers comprising at least one primer selected from SEQ ID No 153 to158. Said composition can comprise 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or the 6 primersselected from SEQ ID No 153 to 158.

In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a kit fordiagnosis or prognosis risk to develop HPV induced cancer comprising:

a) a composition of primers,b) reagents to detect amplification products.

In a specific embodiment, the present invention relates to a kit fordiagnosis or prognosis risk to develop HPV induced cancer comprising:

-   a) primers or probes for detecting at least a first marker selected    from E6 mRNAs of group alpha HPVs, E7 mRNAs of group alpha HPVs, or    both,-   b) primers or probes for detecting at least a second marker selected    from L1 mRNAs of group alpha HPVs, L2 mRNAs of group alpha HPVs, or    both,    wherein said E6, E7, L1 and L2 mRNAs have corresponding intragenetic    sequences,-   c) and optionally, primers or probes for detecting at least one host    cellular marker indicative of neoplasia or cancer.

In various embodiments, the primers can be selected from primerscomprising or consisting of the nucleic acid sequence of any of SEQ IDNOs: 1-152. Preferably the primers comprise or consist of at least 15,16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, or 30consecutive nucleotides of any of SEQ ID NOs:1-152. The kit can containany of the compositions of primers described herein.

The kit can further contain at least 1, 2, 3, 4, or more controls forthe determination of R. The controls can contain a known ratio of E6and/or E7 to L1 and/or L2. Preferably, the controls contain a knownratio of E6 and E7 to L1 and L2.

In various embodiments, the kit contains at least 1 or at least 2controls indicating a low risk or non-persistent HPV infection. Invarious embodiments, the kit contains at least 1 or at least 2 controlsindicative of a high risk infection or associated with higher risk ofdeveloping genital neoplasia and cancer. In preferred embodiments, thekit contains at least 1 or at least 2 controls indicating a low risk ornon-persistent HPV infection and at least 1 or at least 2 controlsindicating a high risk infection or associated with higher risk ofdeveloping genital neoplasia and cancer.

In various embodiments, the invention encompasses a method for assessinga human papilloma virus (HPV) infected patient. In one embodiment, themethod comprises generating cDNA from a patient sample comprising RNAand sequencing the cDNA to generate reads of sequence of the cDNA.

In various embodiments, the number of reads is at least 10⁶, 5×10⁶, 10⁷,2×10⁷, or 5×10⁷ reads.

In one embodiment, the cDNA is generated using random primers. In oneembodiment, the cDNA is generated using HPV-specific primers. Inpreferred embodiments, at least one of the primers comprises or consistsof the nucleic acid sequences in Table 3.

In various embodiments, the method comprises discriminating HPV sequencereads on the basis of HPV species including any of the specific speciesreferenced herein. In various embodiments, the method comprisesdiscriminating HPV sequence reads on the basis of HPV gene transcript,including E1, E2, E4, E5, E6, E7, E8, L1, and L2 transcripts. Thetranscripts can be spliced transcripts.

In various embodiments, the cDNA or the sequencing can be performed withHPV-specific or random primers, preferably HPV-specific primers.

In various embodiments, the primers comprise or consist of any of thenucleic acid sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 1-158. In various embodiments, thecDNA is generated with HPV-specific primers and the sequencing performedrandomly or specifically for HPV sequences.

In various embodiments, the cDNA is generated with random primers andthe sequencing performed randomly or specifically for HPV sequences.

According to a preferred embodiment, the method comprises:

a) enrichment of the viral RNAs, preferably HPV16 RNAs, in a sample,b) random reverse transcription reaction, advantageously performed withrandom hexamers,c) amplification of the cDNA produced in step a), advantageouslyperformed by multiplex PCR with HPV-specific primers (to generate a DNAsequence library),d) high throughput sequencing of the DNA library produced in step c) andgenerating reads of said cDNA,e) determining the number of reads matching said viruses based onspecies discrimination and determining the most prevalent high riskspecies present in the sample relative to other species,f) determining within said most prevalent high risk species the relativenumber of reads matching at least one oncogenic gene compared to atleast one non oncogenic genes, preferably oncogenic genes compared tonon oncogenic genes,g) computing ratios within said high risk species of reads matching atleast one oncogenic gene versus at least one versus corresponding atleast one interspecies structural or regulatory gene, preferablyoncogenic genes versus corresponding interspecies structural orregulatory genes,h) determining risk of developing oncogenic virus induced cancer inpatients in which said ratio tend towards infinity.

In advantageous embodiments, the HPV-specific primers comprise at leastone of, preferably all, the following groups of pairs of primers:

-   -   the HPV16-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NOs: 219-258 for HPV16 genomic and unspliced        transcripts, SEQ ID NOs: 259-352 for HPV16 spliced transcripts        and SEQ ID NOs: 353-376 for HPV16-human fusion transcripts        (including the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO: 219-220; 221-222;        223-224; 225-226; 227-228; 229-230; 231-232; 233-234; 235-236;        237-238; 239-240; 241-242; 243-244; 245-246; 247-248; 249-250;        251-252; 253-254; 255-256; 257-258; 259-260; 261-262; 263-264;        265-266; 267-268; 269-270; 271-272; 273-274; 275-276; 277-278;        279-280; 281-282; 283-284; 285-286; 287-288; 289-290; 291-292;        293-294; 295-296; 297-298; 299-300; 301-302; 303-304; 305-306;        307-308; 309-310; 311-312; 313-314; 315-316; 317-318; 319-320;        321-322; 323-324; 325-326; 327-328; 329-330; 331-332; 333-334;        335-336; 337-338; 339-340; 341-342; 343-344; 345-346; 347-348;        349-350; 351-352; 353-354; 355-356; 357-358; 359-360; 361-362;        363-364; 365-366; 367-368; 369-370; 371-372; 373-374; 375-376)        or 377-470 (including the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO.        377-378; 379-380; 381-382; 383-384; 385-386; 387-388; 389-390;        391-392; 393-394; 395-396; 397-398; 399-400; 401-402; 403-404;        405-406; 407-408; 409-410; 411-412; 413-414; 415-416; 417-418;        419-420; 421-422; 423-424; 425-426; 427-428; 429-430; 431-432;        433-434; 435-436; 437-438; 439-440; 441-442; 443-444; 445-446;        447-448; 449-450; 451-452; 453-454; 455-456; 457-458; 459-460;        461-462; 463-464; 465-466; 467-468 and; 469-470); and/or,    -   the HPV18-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 471-574 (including the pairs of primers of        SEQ ID NO.: 471-472; 473-474; 475-476; 477-478; 479-480;        481-482; 483-484; 485-486; 487-488; 489-490; 491-492; 493-494;        495-496; 497-498; 499-500; 501-502; 503-504; 505-506; 507-508;        509-510; 511-512; 513-514; 515-516; 517-518; 519-520; 521-522;        523-524; 525-526; 527-528; 529-530; 531-532; 533-534; 535-536;        537-538; 539-540; 541-542; 543-544; 545-546; 547-548; 549-550;        551-552; 553-554; 555-556; 557-558; 559-560; 561-562; 563-564;        565-566; 567-568; 569-570; 571-572; 573-574); and/or,    -   the HPV31-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 575-668 (including the pairs of primers of        SEQ ID NO.: 575-576; 577-578; 579-580; 581-582; 583-584;        585-586; 587-588; 589-590; 591-592; 593-594; 595-596; 597-598;        599-600; 601-602; 603-604; 605-606; 607-608; 609-610; 611-612;        613-614; 615-616; 617-618; 619-620; 621-622; 623-624; 625-626;        627-628; 629-630; 631-632; 633-634; 635-636; 637-638; 639-640;        641-642; 643-644; 645-646; 647-648; 649-650; 651-652; 653-654;        655-656; 657-658; 659-660; 661-662; 663-664; 665-666; 667-668);        and/or,    -   the HPV33-specific primers comprising or consisting of SEQ ID        NO. 669-756 (including the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO.:        669-670; 671-672; 673-674; 675-676; 677-678; 679-680; 681-682;        683-684; 685-686; 687-688; 689-690; 691-692; 693-694; 695-696;        697-698; 699-700; 701-702; 703-704; 705-706; 707-708; 709-710;        711-712; 713-714; 715-716; 717-718; 719-720; 721-722; 723-724;        725-726; 727-728; 729-730; 731-732; 733-734; 735-736; 737-738;        739-740; 741-742; 743-744; 745-746; 747-748; 749-750; 751-752;        753-754; 755-756); and/or,    -   the HPV35-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 757-848 (including the pairs of primers of        SEQ ID NO.: 757-758; 759-760; 761-762; 763-764; 765-766;        767-768; 769-770; 771-772; 773-774; 775-776; 777-778; 779-780;        781-782; 783-784; 785-786; 787-788; 789-790; 791-792; 793-794;        795-796; 797-798; 799-800; 801-802; 803-804; 805-806; 807-808;        809-810; 811-812; 813-814; 815-816; 817-818; 819-820; 821-822;        823-824; 825-826; 827-828; 829-830; 831-832; 833-834; 835-836;        837-838; 839-840; 841-842; 843-844; 845-846; 847-848); and/or,    -   the HPV39-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 849-928 (including the pairs of primers of        SEQ ID NO.: 849-850; 851-852; 853-854; 855-856; 857-858;        859-860; 861-862; 863-864; 865-866; 867-868; 869-870; 871-872;        873-874; 875-876; 877-878; 879-880; 881-882; 883-884; 885-886;        887-888; 889-890; 891-892; 893-894; 895-896; 897-898; 899-900;        901-902; 903-904; 905-906; 907-908; 909-910; 911-912; 913-914;        915-916; 917-918; 919-920; 921-922; 923-924; 925-926; 927-928);        and/or,    -   the HPV45-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 929-1020 (including the pairs of primers        of SEQ ID NO.: 929-930; 931-932; 933-934; 935-936; 937-938;        939-940; 941-942; 943-944; 945-946; 947-948; 949-950; 951-952;        953-954; 955-956; 957-958; 959-960; 961-962; 963-964; 965-966;        967-968; 969-970; 971-972; 973-974; 975-976; 977-978; 979-980;        981-982; 983-984; 985-986; 987-988; 989-990; 991-992; 993-994;        995-996; 997-998; 999-1000; 1001-1002; 1003-1004; 1005-1006;        1007-1008; 1009-1010; 1011-1012; 1013-1014; 1015-1016;        1017-1018; 1019-1020); and/or,    -   the HPV51-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 1021-1102 (including the pairs of primers        of SEQ ID NO.: 1021-1022; 1023-1024; 1025-1026; 1027-1028;        1029-1030; 1031-1032; 1033-1034; 1035-1036; 1037-1038;        1039-1040; 1041-1042; 1043-1044; 1045-1046; 1047-1048;        1049-1050; 1051-1052; 1053-1054; 1055-1056; 1057-1058;        1059-1060; 1061-1062; 1063-1064; 1065-1066; 1067-1068;        1069-1070; 1071-1072; 1073-1074; 1075-1076; 1077-1078;        1079-1080; 1081-1082; 1083-1084; 1085-1086; 1087-1088;        1089-1090; 1091-1092; 1093-1094; 1095-1096; 1097-1098;        1099-1100; 1101-1102); and/or,    -   the HPV52-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 1103-1200 (including the pairs of primers        of SEQ ID NO.: 1103-1104; 1105-1106; 1107-1108; 1109-1110;        1111-1112; 1113-1114; 1115-1116; 1117-1118; 1119-1120;        1121-1122; 1123-1124; 1125-1126; 1127-1128; 1129-1130;        1131-1132; 1133-1134; 1135-1136; 1137-1138; 1139-1140;        1141-1142; 1143-1144; 1145-1146; 1147-1148; 1149-1150;        1151-1152; 1153-1154; 1155-1156; 1157-1158; 1159-1160;        1161-1162; 1163-1164; 1165-1166; 1167-1168; 1169-1170;        1171-1172; 1173-1174; 1175-1176; 1177-1178; 1179-1180;        1181-1182; 1183-1184; 1185-1186; 1187-1188; 1189-1190;        1191-1192; 1193-1194; 1195-1196; 1197-1198; 1199-1200); and/or,    -   the HPV56-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 1201-1296 (including the pairs of primers        of SEQ ID NO.: 1201-1202; 1203-1204; 1205-1206; 1207-1208;        1209-1210; 1211-1212; 1213-1214; 1215-1216; 1217-1218;        1219-1220; 1221-1222; 1223-1224; 1225-1226; 1227-1228;        1229-1230; 1231-1232; 1233-1234; 1235-1236; 1237-1238;        1239-1240; 1241-1242; 1243-1244; 1245-1246; 1247-1248;        1249-1250; 1251-1252; 1253-1254; 1255-1256; 1257-1258;        1259-1260; 1261-1262; 1263-1264; 1265-1266; 1267-1268;        1269-1270; 1271-1272; 1273-1274; 1275-1276; 1277-1278;        1279-1280; 1281-1282; 1283-1284; 1285-1286; 1287-1288;        1289-1290; 1291-1292; 1293-1294; 1295-1296); and/or,    -   the HPV58-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 1297-1382 (including the pairs of primers        of SEQ ID NO.: 1297-1298; 1299-1300; 1301-1302; 1303-1304;        1305-1306; 1307-1308; 1309-1310; 1311-1312; 1313-1314;        1315-1316; 1317-1318; 1319-1320; 1321-1322; 1323-1324;        1325-1326; 1327-1328; 1329-1330; 1331-1332; 1333-1334;        1335-1336; 1337-1338; 1339-1340; 1341-1342; 1343-1344;        1345-1346; 1347-1348; 1349-1350; 1351-1352; 1353-1354;        1355-1356; 1357-1358; 1359-1360; 1361-1362; 1363-1364;        1365-1366; 1367-1368; 1369-1370; 1371-1372; 1373-1374;        1375-1376; 1377-1378; 1379-1380; 1381-1382); and/or,    -   the HPV59-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 1383-1470 (including the pairs of primers        of SEQ ID NO.: 1383-1384; 1385-1386; 1387-1388; 1389-1390;        1391-1392; 1393-1394; 1395-1396; 1397-1398; 1399-1400;        1401-1402; 1403-1404; 1405-1406; 1407-1408; 1409-1410;        1411-1412; 1413-1414; 1415-1416; 1417-1418; 1419-1420;        1421-1422; 1423-1424; 1425-1426; 1427-1428; 1429-1430;        1431-1432; 1433-1434; 1435-1436; 1437-1438; 1439-1440;        1441-1442; 1443-1444; 1445-1446; 1447-1448; 1449-1450;        1451-1452; 1453-1454; 1455-1456; 1457-1458; 1459-1460;        1461-1462; 1463-1464; 1465-1466; 1467-1468; 1469-1470); and/or,    -   the HPV66-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 1471-1560 (including the pairs of primers        of SEQ ID NO.: 1471-1472; 1473-1474; 1475-1476; 1477-1478;        1479-1480; 1481-1482; 1483-1484; 1485-1486; 1487-1488;        1489-1490; 1491-1492; 1493-1494; 1495-1496; 1497-1498;        1499-1500; 1501-1502; 1503-1504; 1505-1506; 1507-1508;        1509-1510; 1511-1512; 1513-1514; 1515-1516; 1517-1518;        1519-1520; 1521-1522; 1523-1524; 1525-1526; 1527-1528;        1529-1530; 1531-1532; 1533-1534; 1535-1536; 1537-1538;        1539-1540; 1541-1542; 1543-1544; 1545-1546; 1547-1548;        1549-1550; 1551-1552; 1553-1554; 1555-1556; 1557-1558;        1559-1560; and/or,    -   the HPV68-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 1561-1642 (including the pairs of primers        of SEQ ID NO.: 1561-1562; 1563-1564; 1565-1566; 1567-1568;        1569-1570; 1571-1572; 1573-1574; 1575-1576; 1577-1578;        1579-1580; 1581-1582; 1583-1584; 1585-1586; 1587-1588;        1589-1590; 1591-1592; 1593-1594; 1595-1596; 1597-1598;        1599-1600; 1601-1602; 1603-1604; 1605-1606; 1607-1608;        1609-1610; 1611-1612; 1613-1614; 1615-1616; 1617-1618;        1619-1620; 1621-1622; 1623-1624; 1625-1626; 1627-1628;        1629-1630; 1631-1632; 1633-1634; 1635-1636; 1637-1638;        1639-1640; 1641-1642); and/or,    -   the HPV73-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 1643-1732 (including the pairs of primers        of SEQ ID NO: 1643-1644; 1645-1646; 1647-1648; 1649-1650;        1651-1652; 1653-1654; 1655-1656; 1657-1658; 1659-1660;        1661-1662; 1663-1664; 1665-1666; 1667-1668; 1669-1670;        1671-1672; 1673-1674; 1675-1676; 1677-1678; 1679-1680;        1681-1682; 1683-1684; 1685-1686; 1687-1688; 1689-1690;        1691-1692; 1693-1694; 1695-1696; 1697-1698; 1699-1700;        1701-1702; 1703-1704; 1705-1706; 1707-1708; 1709-1710;        1711-1712; 1713-1714; 1715-1716; 1717-1718; 1719-1720;        1721-1722; 1723-1724; 1725-1726; 1727-1728; 1729-1730;        1731-1732); and/or,    -   the HPV82-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 1733-1816 (including the pairs of primers        of SEQ ID NO.: 1733-1734; 1735-1736; 1737-1738; 1739-1740;        1741-1742; 1743-1744; 1745-1746; 1747-1748; 1749-1750;        1751-1752; 1753-1754; 1755-1756; 1757-1758; 1759-1760;        1761-1762; 1763-1764; 1765-1766; 1767-1768; 1769-1770;        1771-1772; 1773-1774; 1775-1776; 1777-1778; 1779-1780;        1781-1782; 1783-1784; 1785-1786; 1787-1788; 1789-1790;        1791-1792; 1793-1794; 1795-1796; 1797-1798; 1799-1800;        1801-1802; 1803-1804; 1805-1806; 1807-1808; 1809-1810;        1811-1812; 1813-1814; 1815-1816).

In other advantageous embodiments, the HPV-specific primers comprise atleast one of, preferably all, the following groups of pairs of primers:

-   -   SD1-SA1 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        397-398; 521-522; 609-610; 695-696; 819-820; 865-866; 947-948;        1067-1068; 1119-1120; 1267-1268; 1325-1326; 1507-1508;        1597-1598; 1655-1656; 1755-1756; and/or,    -   SD1-SA2 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        459-460; 633-634; 687-688; 1111-1112; 1235-1236; 1341-1342;        1503-1504; 1657-1658; 1797-1798; and/or,    -   SD1-SA3 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        381-382; 541-542; 599-600; 903-904; 941-942; 1047-1048;        1135-1136; 1287-1288; 1459-1460; 1473-1474; 1621-1622;        1717-1718; 1745-1746; and/or,    -   SD1-SA4 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        413-414; 551-552; 637-638; 713-714; 793-794; 857-858; 981-982;        1093-1094; 1179-1180; 1227-1228; 1319-1320; 1413-1414;        1509-1510; 1563-1564; 1709-1710; 1791-1792; and/or,    -   SD1-SA5 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        453-454; 549-550; 613-614; 747-748; 761-762; 949-950; 1163-1164;        1249-1250; 1329-1330; 1453-1454; 1501-1502; and/or,    -   SD1-SA6 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        431-432; 595-596; 719-720; 827-828; 1089-1090; 1137-1138;        1285-1286; 1353-1354; 1561-1562; 1719-1720; 1763-1764; and/or,    -   SD1-SA7 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        919-920; 1449-1450; and/or,    -   SD1-SA8 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        489-490; 963-964; 1519-1520; and/or,    -   SD2-SA4 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        387-388; 473-474; 615-616; 745-746; 815-816; 849-850; 933-934;        1091-1092; 1177-1178; 1209-1210; 1367-1368; 1437-1438;        1521-1522; 1603-1604; 1651-1652; 1779-1780; and/or,    -   SD2-SA5 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        455-456; 529-530; 629-630; 717-718; 777-778; 975-976; 1153-1154;        1273-1274; 1347-1348; 1451-1452; 1531-1532; and/or,    -   SD2-SA6 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        399-400; 645-646; 727-728; 811-812; 1079-1080; 1127-1128;        1253-1254; 1369-1370; 1615-1616; 1659-1660; 1781-1782; and/or,    -   SD2-SA7 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        531-532; 899-900; 943-944; 1411-1412; 1495-1496; and/or,    -   SD2-SA9 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        437-438; 505-506; 607-608; 739-740; 785-786; 887-888; 979-980;        1063-1064; 1185-1186; 1233-1234; 1297-1298; 1423-1424;        1491-1492; 1607-1608; 1693-1694; 1775-1776; and/or,    -   SD2-SA10 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        545-546; 831-832; 1149-1150; 1269-1270; 1427-1428; 1671-1672;        and/or,    -   SD3-SA4 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        379-380; 483-484; 611-612; 721-722; 833-834; 911-912; 937-938;        1053-1054; 1139-1140; 1251-1252; 1335-1336; 1435-1436;        1487-1488; 1591-1592; 1715-1716; 1785-1786; and/or,    -   SD3-SA5 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        415-416; 493-494; 593-594; 733-734; 817-818; 993-994; 1145-1146;        1243-1244; 1337-1338; 1401-1402; 1483-1484; and/or,    -   SD3-SA6 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        435-436; 655-656; 673-674; 813-814; 1045-1046; 1173-1174;        1241-1242; 1303-1304; 1557-1558; 1627-1628; 1647-1648;        1773-1774; and/or,    -   SD3-SA7 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        855-856; 1387-1388; and/or,    -   SD3-SA8 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        511-512; 957-958; 1529-1530; and/or,    -   SD5-SA9 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        419-420; 527-528; 567-568; 587-588; 683-684; 775-776; 891-892;        999-1000; 1041-1042; 1113-1114; 1247-1248; 1371-1372; 1403-1404;        1511-1512; 1617-1618; 1677-1678; 1733-1734; and/or,    -   SD5-SA10 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        495-496; 837-838; 1183-1184; 1279-1280; 1433-1434; 1723-1724.

In other embodiments, the HPV-specific primers comprise one of thefollowing groups of pairs of primers:

-   -   the group of pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO: 397-398; 521-522;        609-610; 695-696; 819-820; 865-866; 947-948; 1067-1068;        1119-1120; 1267-1268; 1325-1326; 1507-1508; 1597-1598;        1655-1656; 1755-1756; 459-460; 633-634; 687-688; 1111-1112;        1235-1236; 1341-1342; 1503-1504; 1657-1658; 1797-1798; 381-382;        541-542; 599-600; 903-904; 941-942; 1047-1048; 1135-1136;        1287-1288; 1459-1460; 1473-1474; 1621-1622; 1717-1718;        1745-1746; 413-414; 551-552; 637-638; 713-714; 793-794; 857-858;        981-982; 1093-1094; 1179-1180; 1227-1228; 1319-1320; 1413-1414;        1509-1510; 1563-1564; 1709-1710; 1791-1792; 453-454; 549-550;        613-614; 747-748; 761-762; 949-950; 1163-1164; 1249-1250;        1329-1330; 1453-1454; 1501-1502; 431-432; 595-596; 719-720;        827-828; 1089-1090; 1137-1138; 1285-1286; 1353-1354; 1561-1562;        1719-1720; 1763-1764; 919-920; 1449-1450; 489-490; 963-964;        1519-1520; 387-388; 473-474; 615-616; 745-746; 815-816; 849-850;        933-934; 1091-1092; 1177-1178; 1209-1210; 1367-1368; 1437-1438;        1521-1522; 1603-1604; 1651-1652; 1779-1780; 455-456; 529-530;        629-630; 717-718; 777-778; 975-976; 1153-1154; 1273-1274;        1347-1348; 1451-1452; 1531-1532; 399-400; 645-646; 727-728;        811-812; 1079-1080; 1127-1128; 1253-1254; 1369-1370; 1615-1616;        1659-1660; 1781-1782; 531-532; 899-900; 943-944; 1411-1412;        1495-1496; 437-438; 505-506; 607-608; 739-740; 785-786; 887-888;        979-980; 1063-1064; 1185-1186; 1233-1234; 1297-1298; 1423-1424;        1491-1492; 1607-1608; 1693-1694; 1775-1776; 545-546; 831-832;        1149-1150; 1269-1270; 1427-1428; 1671-1672; 379-380; 483-484;        611-612; 721-722; 833-834; 911-912; 937-938; 1053-1054;        1139-1140; 1251-1252; 1335-1336; 1435-1436; 1487-1488;        1591-1592; 1715-1716; 1785-1786; 415-416; 493-494; 593-594;        733-734; 817-818; 993-994; 1145-1146; 1243-1244; 1337-1338;        1401-1402; 1483-1484; 435-436; 655-656; 673-674; 813-814;        1045-1046; 1173-1174; 1241-1242; 1303-1304; 1557-1558;        1627-1628; 1647-1648; 1773-1774; 855-856; 1387-1388; 511-512;        957-958; 1529-1530; 477-478; 419-420; 527-528; 567-568; 587-588;        683-684; 775-776; 891-892; 999-1000; 1041-1042; 1113-1114;        1247-1248; 1371-1372; 1403-1404; 1511-1512; 1617-1618;        1677-1678; 1733-1734; 495-496; 837-838; 1183-1184; 1279-1280;        1433-1434; 1723-1724; 1011-1012; 557-558; or,    -   the group of pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO: 229-230; 233-234;        235-236; 245-246; 247-248; 249-250; 251-252; 255-256; 257-258;        265-266; 273-274; 275-276; 277-278; 279-280; 281-282; 289-290;        291-292; 295-296; 297-298; 299-300; 301-302; 303-304; 305-306;        307-308; 309-310; 311-312; 319-320; 321-322; 323-324; 325-326;        327-328; 329-330; 331-332; 333-334; 335-336; 337-338; 341-342;        343-344; 345-346; 347-348; 349-350; 351-352; 377-378; 379-380;        381-382; 383-384; 385-386; 387-388; 389-390; 391-392; 393-394;        395-396; 397-398; 399-400; 401-402; 403-404; 405-406; 407-408;        409-410; 411-412; 413-414; 415-416; 417-418; 419-420; 421-422;        423-424; 425-426; 427-428; 429-430; 431-432; 433-434; 435-436;        437-438; 439-440; 441-442; 443-444; 445-446; 447-448; 449-450;        451-452; 453-454; 455-456; 457-458; 459-460; 461-462; 463-464;        465-466; 467-468; 469-470; 471-472; 473-474; 475-476; 477-478;        479-480; 481-482; 483-484; 485-486; 487-488; 489-490; 491-492;        493-494; 495-496; 497-498; 499-500; 501-502; 503-504; 505-506;        507-508; 509-510; 511-512; 513-514; 515-516; 517-518; 519-520;        521-522; 523-524; 525-526; 527-528; 529-530; 531-532; 533-534;        535-536; 537-538; 539-540; 541-542; 543-544; 545-546; 547-548;        549-550; 551-552; 553-554; 555-556; 557-558; 559-560; 561-562;        563-564; 565-566; 567-568; 569-570; 571-572; 573-574; 575-576;        577-578; 579-580; 581-582; 583-584; 585-586; 587-588; 589-590;        591-592; 593-594; 595-596; 597-598; 599-600; 601-602; 603-604;        605-606; 607-608; 609-610; 611-612; 613-614; 615-616; 617-618;        619-620; 621-622; 623-624; 625-626; 627-628; 629-630; 631-632;        633-634; 635-636; 637-638; 639-640; 641-642; 643-644; 645-646;        647-648; 649-650; 651-652; 653-654; 655-656; 657-658; 659-660;        661-662; 663-664; 665-666; 667-668; 669-670; 671-672; 673-674;        675-676; 677-678; 679-680; 681-682; 683-684; 685-686; 687-688;        689-690; 691-692; 693-694; 695-696; 697-698; 699-700; 701-702;        703-704; 705-706; 707-708; 709-710; 711-712; 713-714; 715-716;        717-718; 719-720; 721-722; 723-724; 725-726; 727-728; 729-730;        731-732; 733-734; 735-736; 737-738; 739-740; 741-742; 743-744;        745-746; 747-748; 749-750; 751-752; 753-754; 755-756; 757-758;        759-760; 761-762; 763-764; 765-766; 767-768; 769-770; 771-772;        773-774; 775-776; 777-778; 779-780; 781-782; 783-784; 785-786;        787-788; 789-790; 791-792; 793-794; 795-796; 797-798; 799-800;        801-802; 803-804; 805-806; 807-808; 809-810; 811-812; 813-814;        815-816; 817-818; 819-820; 821-822; 823-824; 825-826; 827-828;        829-830; 831-832; 833-834; 835-836; 837-838; 839-840; 841-842;        843-844; 845-846; 847-848; 849-850; 851-852; 853-854; 855-856;        857-858; 859-860; 861-862; 863-864; 865-866; 867-868; 869-870;        871-872; 873-874; 875-876; 877-878; 879-880; 881-882; 883-884;        885-886; 887-888; 889-890; 891-892; 893-894; 895-896; 897-898;        899-900; 901-902; 903-904; 905-906; 907-908; 909-910; 911-912;        913-914; 915-916; 917-918; 919-920; 921-922; 923-924; 925-926;        927-928; 929-930; 931-932; 933-934; 935-936; 937-938; 939-940;        941-942; 943-944; 945-946; 947-948; 949-950; 951-952; 953-954;        955-956; 957-958; 959-960; 961-962; 963-964; 965-966; 967-968;        969-970; 971-972; 973-974; 975-976; 977-978; 979-980; 981-982;        983-984; 985-986; 987-988; 989-990; 991-992; 993-994; 995-996;        997-998; 999-1000; 1001-1002; 1003-1004; 1005-1006; 1007-1008;        1009-1010; 1011-1012; 1013-1014; 1015-1016; 1017-1018;        1019-1020; 1021-1022; 1023-1024; 1025-1026; 1027-1028;        1029-1030; 1031-1032; 1033-1034; 1035-1036; 1037-1038;        1039-1040; 1041-1042; 1043-1044; 1045-1046; 1047-1048;        1049-1050; 1051-1052; 1053-1054; 1055-1056; 1057-1058;        1059-1060; 1061-1062; 1063-1064; 1065-1066; 1067-1068;        1069-1070; 1071-1072; 1073-1074; 1075-1076; 1077-1078;        1079-1080; 1081-1082; 1083-1084; 1085-1086; 1087-1088;        1089-1090; 1091-1092; 1093-1094; 1095-1096; 1097-1098;        1099-1100; 1101-1102; 1103-1104; 1105-1106; 1107-1108;        1109-1110; 1111-1112; 1113-1114; 1115-1116; 1117-1118;        1119-1120; 1121-1122; 1123-1124; 1125-1126; 1127-1128;        1129-1130; 1131-1132; 1133-1134; 1135-1136; 1137-1138;        1139-1140; 1141-1142; 1143-1144; 1145-1146; 1147-1148;        1149-1150; 1151-1152; 1153-1154; 1155-1156; 1157-1158;        1159-1160; 1161-1162; 1163-1164; 1165-1166; 1167-1168;        1169-1170; 1171-1172; 1173-1174; 1175-1176; 1177-1178;        1179-1180; 1181-1182; 1183-1184; 1185-1186; 1187-1188;        1189-1190; 1191-1192; 1193-1194; 1195-1196; 1197-1198;        1199-1200; 1201-1202; 1203-1204; 1205-1206; 1207-1208;        1209-1210; 1211-1212; 1213-1214; 1215-1216; 1217-1218;        1219-1220; 1221-1222; 1223-1224; 1225-1226; 1227-1228;        1229-1230; 1231-1232; 1233-1234; 1235-1236; 1237-1238;        1239-1240; 1241-1242; 1243-1244; 1245-1246; 1247-1248;        1249-1250; 1251-1252; 1253-1254; 1255-1256; 1257-1258;        1259-1260; 1261-1262; 1263-1264; 1265-1266; 1267-1268;        1269-1270; 1271-1272; 1273-1274; 1275-1276; 1277-1278;        1279-1280; 1281-1282; 1283-1284; 1285-1286; 1287-1288;        1289-1290; 1291-1292; 1293-1294; 1295-1296; 1297-1298;        1299-1300; 1301-1302; 1303-1304; 1305-1306; 1307-1308;        1309-1310; 1311-1312; 1313-1314; 1315-1316; 1317-1318;        1319-1320; 1321-1322; 1323-1324; 1325-1326; 1327-1328;        1329-1330; 1331-1332; 1333-1334; 1335-1336; 1337-1338;        1339-1340; 1341-1342; 1343-1344; 1345-1346; 1347-1348;        1349-1350; 1351-1352; 1353-1354; 1355-1356; 1357-1358;        1359-1360; 1361-1362; 1363-1364; 1365-1366; 1367-1368;        1369-1370; 1371-1372; 1373-1374; 1375-1376; 1377-1378;        1379-1380; 1381-1382; 1383-1384; 1385-1386; 1387-1388;        1389-1390; 1391-1392; 1393-1394; 1395-1396; 1397-1398;        1399-1400; 1401-1402; 1403-1404; 1405-1406; 1407-1408;        1409-1410; 1411-1412; 1413-1414; 1415-1416; 1417-1418;        1419-1420; 1421-1422; 1423-1424; 1425-1426; 1427-1428;        1429-1430; 1431-1432; 1433-1434; 1435-1436; 1437-1438;        1439-1440; 1441-1442; 1443-1444; 1445-1446; 1447-1448;        1449-1450; 1451-1452; 1453-1454; 1455-1456; 1457-1458;        1459-1460; 1461-1462; 1463-1464; 1465-1466; 1467-1468;        1469-1470; 1471-1472; 1473-1474; 1475-1476; 1477-1478;        1479-1480; 1481-1482; 1483-1484; 1485-1486; 1487-1488;        1489-1490; 1491-1492; 1493-1494; 1495-1496; 1497-1498;        1499-1500; 1501-1502; 1503-1504; 1505-1506; 1507-1508;        1509-1510; 1511-1512; 1513-1514; 1515-1516; 1517-1518;        1519-1520; 1521-1522; 1523-1524; 1525-1526; 1527-1528;        1529-1530; 1531-1532; 1533-1534; 1535-1536; 1537-1538;        1539-1540; 1541-1542; 1543-1544; 1545-1546; 1547-1548;        1549-1550; 1551-1552; 1553-1554; 1555-1556; 1557-1558;        1559-1560; 1561-1562; 1563-1564; 1565-1566; 1567-1568;        1569-1570; 1571-1572; 1573-1574; 1575-1576; 1577-1578;        1579-1580; 1581-1582; 1583-1584; 1585-1586; 1587-1588;        1589-1590; 1591-1592; 1593-1594; 1595-1596; 1597-1598;        1599-1600; 1601-1602; 1603-1604; 1605-1606; 1607-1608;        1609-1610; 1611-1612; 1613-1614; 1615-1616; 1617-1618;        1619-1620; 1621-1622; 1623-1624; 1625-1626; 1627-1628;        1629-1630; 1631-1632; 1633-1634; 1635-1636; 1637-1638;        1639-1640; 1641-1642; 1643-1644; 1645-1646; 1647-1648;        1649-1650; 1651-1652; 1653-1654; 1655-1656; 1657-1658;        1659-1660; 1661-1662; 1663-1664; 1665-1666; 1667-1668;        1669-1670; 1671-1672; 1673-1674; 1675-1676; 1677-1678;        1679-1680; 1681-1682; 1683-1684; 1685-1686; 1687-1688;        1689-1690; 1691-1692; 1693-1694; 1695-1696; 1697-1698;        1699-1700; 1701-1702; 1703-1704; 1705-1706; 1707-1708;        1709-1710; 1711-1712; 1713-1714; 1715-1716; 1717-1718;        1719-1720; 1721-1722; 1723-1724; 1725-1726; 1727-1728;        1729-1730; 1731-1732; 1733-1734; 1735-1736; 1737-1738;        1739-1740; 1741-1742; 1743-1744; 1745-1746; 1747-1748;        1749-1750; 1751-1752; 1753-1754; 1755-1756; 1757-1758;        1759-1760; 1761-1762; 1763-1764; 1765-1766; 1767-1768;        1769-1770; 1771-1772; 1773-1774; 1775-1776; 1777-1778;        1779-1780; 1781-1782; 1783-1784; 1785-1786; 1787-1788;        1789-1790; 1791-1792; 1793-1794; 1795-1796; 1797-1798;        1799-1800; 1801-1802; 1803-1804; 1805-1806; 1807-1808;        1809-1810; 1811-1812; 1813-1814; 1815-1816.

In various embodiments, the number of HPV sequence reads according toHPV species and/or HPV gene transcript can be determined.

In one embodiment, the method comprises determining the number of HPVsequence reads of at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 HPV species.In one embodiment, the method comprises determining the number of HPVsequence reads of at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 Alpha groupHPV species.

In a further embodiment, the method comprises calculating a ratio (R) ofthe number of reads of at least one early HPV transcript to the numberof reads of at least one late HPV transcript. Preferably the HPVtranscripts are Alpha group HPV species HPV transcripts, most preferablyHPV16 or HPV18 transcripts.

R values can be determined using any of the various formulas presentedin Table 9. In one embodiment, the ratio is calculated by calculating aratio (R) of the number of reads of HPV E6 and/or E7 transcripts to thenumber of reads of HPV L1 and/or L2 transcripts. In one embodiment, theratio is calculated by calculating a ratio (R) of the number of reads ofHPV E6 and E7 transcripts to the number of reads of HPV L1 and L2transcripts.

In some embodiments, a higher ratio (R) correlates with an increasedrisk of developing high-grade malignant HPV-induced cancer. In variousembodiments, an R value tending towards high values above 0.5, 1, 25,50, 100 and tending towards infinity, indicates that the viral cycle isintegrated, non replicating viruses expressing high level of oncogenesE6 and E7; whereas, an R value below 0.25, 0.2, 0.1, 0.05, and tendingtowards 0, indicates that the viral lifecycle is replicative andexpressing low levels of E6 and E7.

In some embodiments, a higher number of reads of transcripts of HPV16,HPV18, or another high-risk HPV relative to reads of transcripts of alower risk HPV species correlates with an increased risk of developinghigh-grade malignant HPV-induced cancer.

In some embodiments, the method comprises determining the number ofreads matching the viruses based on species discrimination anddetermining the most prevalent high risk species present in the samplerelative to other species and/or determining within said most prevalenthigh risk species the relative number of reads matching oncogenic genescompared to non oncogenic genes.

In one embodiment, the invention encompasses methods for assessing ahuman papilloma virus (HPV) infected patient comprising generating cDNAfrom a patient sample comprising RNA; sequencing the cDNA; generatingreads of sequence of the cDNA; discriminating HPV sequence reads on thebasis of HPV gene transcript; quantitating the level of HPV sequencereads according to HPV gene transcript; determining the number of HPVsequence reads of at least one HPV early gene transcript; determiningthe number of HPV sequence reads of at least one HPV late genetranscript; and determining the ratio of the number of HPV sequencereads of at least one HPV early gene transcript to the number of HPVsequence reads of at least one HPV late gene transcript.

The invention also contemplates a composition of group alphaHPV-specific primers comprising at least one of, preferably all, thefollowing groups of pairs of primers:

-   -   the HPV16-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NOs: 219-258 for HPV16 genomic and unspliced        transcripts, SEQ ID NOs: 259-352 for HPV16 spliced transcripts        and SEQ ID NOs: 353-376 for HPV16-human fusion transcripts        (including the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO: 219-220; 221-222;        223-224; 225-226; 227-228; 229-230; 231-232; 233-234; 235-236;        237-238; 239-240; 241-242; 243-244; 245-246; 247-248; 249-250;        251-252; 253-254; 255-256; 257-258; 259-260; 261-262; 263-264;        265-266; 267-268; 269-270; 271-272; 273-274; 275-276; 277-278;        279-280; 281-282; 283-284; 285-286; 287-288; 289-290; 291-292;        293-294; 295-296; 297-298; 299-300; 301-302; 303-304; 305-306;        307-308; 309-310; 311-312; 313-314; 315-316; 317-318; 319-320;        321-322; 323-324; 325-326; 327-328; 329-330; 331-332; 333-334;        335-336; 337-338; 339-340; 341-342; 343-344; 345-346; 347-348;        349-350; 351-352; 353-354; 355-356; 357-358; 359-360; 361-362;        363-364; 365-366; 367-368; 369-370; 371-372; 373-374; 375-376)        or 377-470 (including the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO.        377-378; 379-380; 381-382; 383-384; 385-386; 387-388; 389-390;        391-392; 393-394; 395-396; 397-398; 399-400; 401-402; 403-404;        405-406; 407-408; 409-410; 411-412; 413-414; 415-416; 417-418;        419-420; 421-422; 423-424; 425-426; 427-428; 429-430; 431-432;        433-434; 435-436; 437-438; 439-440; 441-442; 443-444; 445-446;        447-448; 449-450; 451-452; 453-454; 455-456; 457-458; 459-460;        461-462; 463-464; 465-466; 467-468 and; 469-470); and/or,    -   the HPV18-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 471-574 (including the pairs of primers of        SEQ ID NO.: 471-472; 473-474; 475-476; 477-478; 479-480;        481-482; 483-484; 485-486; 487-488; 489-490; 491-492; 493-494;        495-496; 497-498; 499-500; 501-502; 503-504; 505-506; 507-508;        509-510; 511-512; 513-514; 515-516; 517-518; 519-520; 521-522;        523-524; 525-526; 527-528; 529-530; 531-532; 533-534; 535-536;        537-538; 539-540; 541-542; 543-544; 545-546; 547-548; 549-550;        551-552; 553-554; 555-556; 557-558; 559-560; 561-562; 563-564;        565-566; 567-568; 569-570; 571-572; 573-574); and/or,    -   the HPV31-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 575-668 (including the pairs of primers of        SEQ ID NO.: 575-576; 577-578; 579-580; 581-582; 583-584;        585-586; 587-588; 589-590; 591-592; 593-594; 595-596; 597-598;        599-600; 601-602; 603-604; 605-606; 607-608; 609-610; 611-612;        613-614; 615-616; 617-618; 619-620; 621-622; 623-624; 625-626;        627-628; 629-630; 631-632; 633-634; 635-636; 637-638; 639-640;        641-642; 643-644; 645-646; 647-648; 649-650; 651-652; 653-654;        655-656; 657-658; 659-660; 661-662; 663-664; 665-666; 667-668);        and/or,    -   the HPV33-specific primers comprising or consisting of SEQ ID        NO. 669-756 (including the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO.:        669-670; 671-672; 673-674; 675-676; 677-678; 679-680; 681-682;        683-684; 685-686; 687-688; 689-690; 691-692; 693-694; 695-696;        697-698; 699-700; 701-702; 703-704; 705-706; 707-708; 709-710;        711-712; 713-714; 715-716; 717-718; 719-720; 721-722; 723-724;        725-726; 727-728; 729-730; 731-732; 733-734; 735-736; 737-738;        739-740; 741-742; 743-744; 745-746; 747-748; 749-750; 751-752;        753-754; 755-756); and/or,    -   the HPV35-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 757-848 (including the pairs of primers of        SEQ ID NO.: 757-758; 759-760; 761-762; 763-764; 765-766;        767-768; 769-770; 771-772; 773-774; 775-776; 777-778; 779-780;        781-782; 783-784; 785-786; 787-788; 789-790; 791-792; 793-794;        795-796; 797-798; 799-800; 801-802; 803-804; 805-806; 807-808;        809-810; 811-812; 813-814; 815-816; 817-818; 819-820; 821-822;        823-824; 825-826; 827-828; 829-830; 831-832; 833-834; 835-836;        837-838; 839-840; 841-842; 843-844; 845-846; 847-848); and/or,    -   the HPV39-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 849-928 (including the pairs of primers of        SEQ ID NO.: 849-850; 851-852; 853-854; 855-856; 857-858;        859-860; 861-862; 863-864; 865-866; 867-868; 869-870; 871-872;        873-874; 875-876; 877-878; 879-880; 881-882; 883-884; 885-886;        887-888; 889-890; 891-892; 893-894; 895-896; 897-898; 899-900;        901-902; 903-904; 905-906; 907-908; 909-910; 911-912; 913-914;        915-916; 917-918; 919-920; 921-922; 923-924; 925-926; 927-928);        and/or,    -   the HPV45-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 929-1020 (including the pairs of primers        of SEQ ID NO.: 929-930; 931-932; 933-934; 935-936; 937-938;        939-940; 941-942; 943-944; 945-946; 947-948; 949-950; 951-952;        953-954; 955-956; 957-958; 959-960; 961-962; 963-964; 965-966;        967-968; 969-970; 971-972; 973-974; 975-976; 977-978; 979-980;        981-982; 983-984; 985-986; 987-988; 989-990; 991-992; 993-994;        995-996; 997-998; 999-1000; 1001-1002; 1003-1004; 1005-1006;        1007-1008; 1009-1010; 1011-1012; 1013-1014; 1015-1016;        1017-1018; 1019-1020); and/or,    -   the HPV51-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 1021-1102 (including the pairs of primers        of SEQ ID NO.: 1021-1022; 1023-1024; 1025-1026; 1027-1028;        1029-1030; 1031-1032; 1033-1034; 1035-1036; 1037-1038;        1039-1040; 1041-1042; 1043-1044; 1045-1046; 1047-1048;        1049-1050; 1051-1052; 1053-1054; 1055-1056; 1057-1058;        1059-1060; 1061-1062; 1063-1064; 1065-1066; 1067-1068;        1069-1070; 1071-1072; 1073-1074; 1075-1076; 1077-1078;        1079-1080; 1081-1082; 1083-1084; 1085-1086; 1087-1088;        1089-1090; 1091-1092; 1093-1094; 1095-1096; 1097-1098;        1099-1100; 1101-1102); and/or,    -   the HPV52-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 1103-1200 (including the pairs of primers        of SEQ ID NO.: 1103-1104; 1105-1106; 1107-1108; 1109-1110;        1111-1112; 1113-1114; 1115-1116; 1117-1118; 1119-1120;        1121-1122; 1123-1124; 1125-1126; 1127-1128; 1129-1130;        1131-1132; 1133-1134; 1135-1136; 1137-1138; 1139-1140;        1141-1142; 1143-1144; 1145-1146; 1147-1148; 1149-1150;        1151-1152; 1153-1154; 1155-1156; 1157-1158; 1159-1160;        1161-1162; 1163-1164; 1165-1166; 1167-1168; 1169-1170;        1171-1172; 1173-1174; 1175-1176; 1177-1178; 1179-1180;        1181-1182; 1183-1184; 1185-1186; 1187-1188; 1189-1190;        1191-1192; 1193-1194; 1195-1196; 1197-1198; 1199-1200); and/or,    -   the HPV56-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 1201-1296 (including the pairs of primers        of SEQ ID NO.: 1201-1202; 1203-1204; 1205-1206; 1207-1208;        1209-1210; 1211-1212; 1213-1214; 1215-1216; 1217-1218;        1219-1220; 1221-1222; 1223-1224; 1225-1226; 1227-1228;        1229-1230; 1231-1232; 1233-1234; 1235-1236; 1237-1238;        1239-1240; 1241-1242; 1243-1244; 1245-1246; 1247-1248;        1249-1250; 1251-1252; 1253-1254; 1255-1256; 1257-1258;        1259-1260; 1261-1262; 1263-1264; 1265-1266; 1267-1268;        1269-1270; 1271-1272; 1273-1274; 1275-1276; 1277-1278;        1279-1280; 1281-1282; 1283-1284; 1285-1286; 1287-1288;        1289-1290; 1291-1292; 1293-1294; 1295-1296); and/or,    -   the HPV58-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 1297-1382 (including the pairs of primers        of SEQ ID NO.: 1297-1298; 1299-1300; 1301-1302; 1303-1304;        1305-1306; 1307-1308; 1309-1310; 1311-1312; 1313-1314;        1315-1316; 1317-1318; 1319-1320; 1321-1322; 1323-1324;        1325-1326; 1327-1328; 1329-1330; 1331-1332; 1333-1334;        1335-1336; 1337-1338; 1339-1340; 1341-1342; 1343-1344;        1345-1346; 1347-1348; 1349-1350; 1351-1352; 1353-1354;        1355-1356; 1357-1358; 1359-1360; 1361-1362; 1363-1364;        1365-1366; 1367-1368; 1369-1370; 1371-1372; 1373-1374;        1375-1376; 1377-1378; 1379-1380; 1381-1382); and/or,    -   the HPV59-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 1383-1470 (including the pairs of primers        of SEQ ID NO.: 1383-1384; 1385-1386; 1387-1388; 1389-1390;        1391-1392; 1393-1394; 1395-1396; 1397-1398; 1399-1400;        1401-1402; 1403-1404; 1405-1406; 1407-1408; 1409-1410;        1411-1412; 1413-1414; 1415-1416; 1417-1418; 1419-1420;        1421-1422; 1423-1424; 1425-1426; 1427-1428; 1429-1430;        1431-1432; 1433-1434; 1435-1436; 1437-1438; 1439-1440;        1441-1442; 1443-1444; 1445-1446; 1447-1448; 1449-1450;        1451-1452; 1453-1454; 1455-1456; 1457-1458; 1459-1460;        1461-1462; 1463-1464; 1465-1466; 1467-1468; 1469-1470); and/or,    -   the HPV66-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 1471-1560 (including the pairs of primers        of SEQ ID NO.: 1471-1472; 1473-1474; 1475-1476; 1477-1478;        1479-1480; 1481-1482; 1483-1484; 1485-1486; 1487-1488;        1489-1490; 1491-1492; 1493-1494; 1495-1496; 1497-1498;        1499-1500; 1501-1502; 1503-1504; 1505-1506; 1507-1508;        1509-1510; 1511-1512; 1513-1514; 1515-1516; 1517-1518;        1519-1520; 1521-1522; 1523-1524; 1525-1526; 1527-1528;        1529-1530; 1531-1532; 1533-1534; 1535-1536; 1537-1538;        1539-1540; 1541-1542; 1543-1544; 1545-1546; 1547-1548;        1549-1550; 1551-1552; 1553-1554; 1555-1556; 1557-1558;        1559-1560; and/or,    -   the HPV68-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 1561-1642 (including the pairs of primers        of SEQ ID NO.: 1561-1562; 1563-1564; 1565-1566; 1567-1568;        1569-1570; 1571-1572; 1573-1574; 1575-1576; 1577-1578;        1579-1580; 1581-1582; 1583-1584; 1585-1586; 1587-1588;        1589-1590; 1591-1592; 1593-1594; 1595-1596; 1597-1598;        1599-1600; 1601-1602; 1603-1604; 1605-1606; 1607-1608;        1609-1610; 1611-1612; 1613-1614; 1615-1616; 1617-1618;        1619-1620; 1621-1622; 1623-1624; 1625-1626; 1627-1628;        1629-1630; 1631-1632; 1633-1634; 1635-1636; 1637-1638;        1639-1640; 1641-1642); and/or,    -   the HPV73-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 1643-1732 (including the pairs of primers        of SEQ ID NO.: 1643-1644; 1645-1646; 1647-1648; 1649-1650;        1651-1652; 1653-1654; 1655-1656; 1657-1658; 1659-1660;        1661-1662; 1663-1664; 1665-1666; 1667-1668; 1669-1670;        1671-1672; 1673-1674; 1675-1676; 1677-1678; 1679-1680;        1681-1682; 1683-1684; 1685-1686; 1687-1688; 1689-1690;        1691-1692; 1693-1694; 1695-1696; 1697-1698; 1699-1700;        1701-1702; 1703-1704; 1705-1706; 1707-1708; 1709-1710;        1711-1712; 1713-1714; 1715-1716; 1717-1718; 1719-1720;        1721-1722; 1723-1724; 1725-1726; 1727-1728; 1729-1730;        1731-1732); and/or,    -   the HPV82-specific primers comprising or consisting of the        primers of SEQ ID NO. 1733-1816 (including the pairs of primers        of SEQ ID NO.: 1733-1734; 1735-1736; 1737-1738; 1739-1740;        1741-1742; 1743-1744; 1745-1746; 1747-1748; 1749-1750;        1751-1752; 1753-1754; 1755-1756; 1757-1758; 1759-1760;        1761-1762; 1763-1764; 1765-1766; 1767-1768; 1769-1770;        1771-1772; 1773-1774; 1775-1776; 1777-1778; 1779-1780;        1781-1782; 1783-1784; 1785-1786; 1787-1788; 1789-1790;        1791-1792; 1793-1794; 1795-1796; 1797-1798; 1799-1800;        1801-1802; 1803-1804; 1805-1806; 1807-1808; 1809-1810;        1811-1812; 1813-1814; 1815-1816).

The invention also contemplates a composition of pairs of group alphaHPV-specific primers comprising at least one of, preferably all, thefollowing groups of pairs of primers:

-   -   SD1-SA1 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        397-398; 521-522; 609-610; 695-696; 819-820; 865-866; 947-948;        1067-1068; 1119-1120; 1267-1268; 1325-1326; 1507-1508;        1597-1598; 1655-1656; 1755-1756; and/or,    -   SD1-SA2 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        459-460; 633-634; 687-688; 1111-1112; 1235-1236; 1341-1342;        1503-1504; 1657-1658; 1797-1798; and/or,    -   SD1-SA3 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        381-382; 541-542; 599-600; 903-904; 941-942; 1047-1048;        1135-1136; 1287-1288; 1459-1460; 1473-1474; 1621-1622;        1717-1718; 1745-1746; and/or,    -   SD1-SA4 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        413-414; 551-552; 637-638; 713-714; 793-794; 857-858; 981-982;        1093-1094; 1179-1180; 1227-1228; 1319-1320; 1413-1414;        1509-1510; 1563-1564; 1709-1710; 1791-1792; and/or,    -   SD1-SA5 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        453-454; 549-550; 613-614; 747-748; 761-762; 949-950; 1163-1164;        1249-1250; 1329-1330; 1453-1454; 1501-1502; and/or,    -   SD1-SA6 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        431-432; 595-596; 719-720; 827-828; 1089-1090; 1137-1138;        1285-1286; 1353-1354; 1561-1562; 1719-1720; 1763-1764; and/or,    -   SD1-SA7 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        919-920; 1449-1450; and/or,    -   SD1-SA8 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        489-490; 963-964; 1519-1520; and/or,    -   SD2-SA4 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        387-388; 473-474; 615-616; 745-746; 815-816; 849-850; 933-934;        1091-1092; 1177-1178; 1209-1210; 1367-1368; 1437-1438;        1521-1522; 1603-1604; 1651-1652; 1779-1780; and/or,    -   SD2-SA5 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        455-456; 529-530; 629-630; 717-718; 777-778; 975-976; 1153-1154;        1273-1274; 1347-1348; 1451-1452; 1531-1532; and/or,    -   SD2-SA6 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        399-400; 645-646; 727-728; 811-812; 1079-1080; 1127-1128;        1253-1254; 1369-1370; 1615-1616; 1659-1660; 1781-1782; and/or,    -   SD2-SA7 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        531-532; 899-900; 943-944; 1411-1412; 1495-1496; and/or,    -   SD2-SA9 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        437-438; 505-506; 607-608; 739-740; 785-786; 887-888; 979-980;        1063-1064; 1185-1186; 1233-1234; 1297-1298; 1423-1424;        1491-1492; 1607-1608; 1693-1694; 1775-1776; and/or,    -   SD2-SA10 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        545-546; 831-832; 1149-1150; 1269-1270; 1427-1428; 1671-1672;        and/or,    -   SD3-SA4 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        379-380; 483-484; 611-612; 721-722; 833-834; 911-912; 937-938;        1053-1054; 1139-1140; 1251-1252; 1335-1336; 1435-1436;        1487-1488; 1591-1592; 1715-1716; 1785-1786; and/or,    -   SD3-SA5 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        415-416; 493-494; 593-594; 733-734; 817-818; 993-994; 1145-1146;        1243-1244; 1337-1338; 1401-1402; 1483-1484; and/or,    -   SD3-SA6 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        435-436; 655-656; 673-674; 813-814; 1045-1046; 1173-1174;        1241-1242; 1303-1304; 1557-1558; 1627-1628; 1647-1648;        1773-1774; and/or,    -   SD3-SA7 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        855-856; 1387-1388; and/or,    -   SD3-SA8 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        511-512; 957-958; 1529-1530; and/or,    -   SD5-SA9 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        419-420; 527-528; 567-568; 587-588; 683-684; 775-776; 891-892;        999-1000; 1041-1042; 1113-1114; 1247-1248; 1371-1372; 1403-1404;        1511-1512; 1617-1618; 1677-1678; 1733-1734; and/or,    -   SD5-SA10 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:        495-496; 837-838; 1183-1184; 1279-1280; 1433-1434; 1723-1724.

The invention also contemplates a composition of group alphaHPV-specific primers comprising one of the following groups of pairs ofprimers:

-   -   the group of pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO: 397-398; 521-522;        609-610; 695-696; 819-820; 865-866; 947-948; 1067-1068;        1119-1120; 1267-1268; 1325-1326; 1507-1508; 1597-1598;        1655-1656; 1755-1756; 459-460; 633-634; 687-688; 1111-1112;        1235-1236; 1341-1342; 1503-1504; 1657-1658; 1797-1798; 381-382;        541-542; 599-600; 903-904; 941-942; 1047-1048; 1135-1136;        1287-1288; 1459-1460; 1473-1474; 1621-1622; 1717-1718;        1745-1746; 413-414; 551-552; 637-638; 713-714; 793-794; 857-858;        981-982; 1093-1094; 1179-1180; 1227-1228; 1319-1320; 1413-1414;        1509-1510; 1563-1564; 1709-1710; 1791-1792; 453-454; 549-550;        613-614; 747-748; 761-762; 949-950; 1163-1164; 1249-1250;        1329-1330; 1453-1454; 1501-1502; 431-432; 595-596; 719-720;        827-828; 1089-1090; 1137-1138; 1285-1286; 1353-1354; 1561-1562;        1719-1720; 1763-1764; 919-920; 1449-1450; 489-490; 963-964;        1519-1520; 387-388; 473-474; 615-616; 745-746; 815-816; 849-850;        933-934; 1091-1092; 1177-1178; 1209-1210; 1367-1368; 1437-1438;        1521-1522; 1603-1604; 1651-1652; 1779-1780; 455-456; 529-530;        629-630; 717-718; 777-778; 975-976; 1153-1154; 1273-1274;        1347-1348; 1451-1452; 1531-1532; 399-400; 645-646; 727-728;        811-812; 1079-1080; 1127-1128; 1253-1254; 1369-1370; 1615-1616;        1659-1660; 1781-1782; 531-532; 899-900; 943-944; 1411-1412;        1495-1496; 437-438; 505-506; 607-608; 739-740; 785-786; 887-888;        979-980; 1063-1064; 1185-1186; 1233-1234; 1297-1298; 1423-1424;        1491-1492; 1607-1608; 1693-1694; 1775-1776; 545-546; 831-832;        1149-1150; 1269-1270; 1427-1428; 1671-1672; 379-380; 483-484;        611-612; 721-722; 833-834; 911-912; 937-938; 1053-1054;        1139-1140; 1251-1252; 1335-1336; 1435-1436; 1487-1488;        1591-1592; 1715-1716; 1785-1786; 415-416; 493-494; 593-594;        733-734; 817-818; 993-994; 1145-1146; 1243-1244; 1337-1338;        1401-1402; 1483-1484; 435-436; 655-656; 673-674; 813-814;        1045-1046; 1173-1174; 1241-1242; 1303-1304; 1557-1558;        1627-1628; 1647-1648; 1773-1774; 855-856; 1387-1388; 511-512;        957-958; 1529-1530; 477-478; 419-420; 527-528; 567-568; 587-588;        683-684; 775-776; 891-892; 999-1000; 1041-1042; 1113-1114;        1247-1248; 1371-1372; 1403-1404; 1511-1512; 1617-1618;        1677-1678; 1733-1734; 495-496; 837-838; 1183-1184; 1279-1280;        1433-1434; 1723-1724; 1011-1012; 557-558; or,    -   the group of pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO: 229-230; 233-234;        235-236; 245-246; 247-248; 249-250; 251-252; 255-256; 257-258;        265-266; 273-274; 275-276; 277-278; 279-280; 281-282; 289-290;        291-292; 295-296; 297-298; 299-300; 301-302; 303-304; 305-306;        307-308; 309-310; 311-312; 319-320; 321-322; 323-324; 325-326;        327-328; 329-330; 331-332; 333-334; 335-336; 337-338; 341-342;        343-344; 345-346; 347-348; 349-350; 351-352; 377-378; 379-380;        381-382; 383-384; 385-386; 387-388; 389-390; 391-392; 393-394;        395-396; 397-398; 399-400; 401-402; 403-404; 405-406; 407-408;        409-410; 411-412; 413-414; 415-416; 417-418; 419-420; 421-422;        423-424; 425-426; 427-428; 429-430; 431-432; 433-434; 435-436;        437-438; 439-440; 441-442; 443-444; 445-446; 447-448; 449-450;        451-452; 453-454; 455-456; 457-458; 459-460; 461-462; 463-464;        465-466; 467-468; 469-470; 471-472; 473-474; 475-476; 477-478;        479-480; 481-482; 483-484; 485-486; 487-488; 489-490; 491-492;        493-494; 495-496; 497-498; 499-500; 501-502; 503-504; 505-506;        507-508; 509-510; 511-512; 513-514; 515-516; 517-518; 519-520;        521-522; 523-524; 525-526; 527-528; 529-530; 531-532; 533-534;        535-536; 537-538; 539-540; 541-542; 543-544; 545-546; 547-548;        549-550; 551-552; 553-554; 555-556; 557-558; 559-560; 561-562;        563-564; 565-566; 567-568; 569-570; 571-572; 573-574; 575-576;        577-578; 579-580; 581-582; 583-584; 585-586; 587-588; 589-590; 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791-792; 793-794; 795-796; 797-798; 799-800;        801-802; 803-804; 805-806; 807-808; 809-810; 811-812; 813-814;        815-816; 817-818; 819-820; 821-822; 823-824; 825-826; 827-828;        829-830; 831-832; 833-834; 835-836; 837-838; 839-840; 841-842;        843-844; 845-846; 847-848; 849-850; 851-852; 853-854; 855-856;        857-858; 859-860; 861-862; 863-864; 865-866; 867-868; 869-870;        871-872; 873-874; 875-876; 877-878; 879-880; 881-882; 883-884;        885-886; 887-888; 889-890; 891-892; 893-894; 895-896; 897-898;        899-900; 901-902; 903-904; 905-906; 907-908; 909-910; 911-912;        913-914; 915-916; 917-918; 919-920; 921-922; 923-924; 925-926;        927-928; 929-930; 931-932; 933-934; 935-936; 937-938; 939-940;        941-942; 943-944; 945-946; 947-948; 949-950; 951-952; 953-954;        955-956; 957-958; 959-960; 961-962; 963-964; 965-966; 967-968;        969-970; 971-972; 973-974; 975-976; 977-978; 979-980; 981-982;        983-984; 985-986; 987-988; 989-990; 991-992; 993-994; 995-996;        997-998; 999-1000; 1001-1002; 1003-1004; 1005-1006; 1007-1008;        1009-1010; 1011-1012; 1013-1014; 1015-1016; 1017-1018;        1019-1020; 1021-1022; 1023-1024; 1025-1026; 1027-1028;        1029-1030; 1031-1032; 1033-1034; 1035-1036; 1037-1038;        1039-1040; 1041-1042; 1043-1044; 1045-1046; 1047-1048;        1049-1050; 1051-1052; 1053-1054; 1055-1056; 1057-1058;        1059-1060; 1061-1062; 1063-1064; 1065-1066; 1067-1068;        1069-1070; 1071-1072; 1073-1074; 1075-1076; 1077-1078;        1079-1080; 1081-1082; 1083-1084; 1085-1086; 1087-1088;        1089-1090; 1091-1092; 1093-1094; 1095-1096; 1097-1098;        1099-1100; 1101-1102; 1103-1104; 1105-1106; 1107-1108;        1109-1110; 1111-1112; 1113-1114; 1115-1116; 1117-1118;        1119-1120; 1121-1122; 1123-1124; 1125-1126; 1127-1128;        1129-1130; 1131-1132; 1133-1134; 1135-1136; 1137-1138;        1139-1140; 1141-1142; 1143-1144; 1145-1146; 1147-1148;        1149-1150; 1151-1152; 1153-1154; 1155-1156; 1157-1158;        1159-1160; 1161-1162; 1163-1164; 1165-1166; 1167-1168;        1169-1170; 1171-1172; 1173-1174; 1175-1176; 1177-1178;        1179-1180; 1181-1182; 1183-1184; 1185-1186; 1187-1188;        1189-1190; 1191-1192; 1193-1194; 1195-1196; 1197-1198;        1199-1200; 1201-1202; 1203-1204; 1205-1206; 1207-1208;        1209-1210; 1211-1212; 1213-1214; 1215-1216; 1217-1218;        1219-1220; 1221-1222; 1223-1224; 1225-1226; 1227-1228;        1229-1230; 1231-1232; 1233-1234; 1235-1236; 1237-1238;        1239-1240; 1241-1242; 1243-1244; 1245-1246; 1247-1248;        1249-1250; 1251-1252; 1253-1254; 1255-1256; 1257-1258;        1259-1260; 1261-1262; 1263-1264; 1265-1266; 1267-1268;        1269-1270; 1271-1272; 1273-1274; 1275-1276; 1277-1278;        1279-1280; 1281-1282; 1283-1284; 1285-1286; 1287-1288;        1289-1290; 1291-1292; 1293-1294; 1295-1296; 1297-1298;        1299-1300; 1301-1302; 1303-1304; 1305-1306; 1307-1308;        1309-1310; 1311-1312; 1313-1314; 1315-1316; 1317-1318; 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1481-1482; 1483-1484; 1485-1486; 1487-1488;        1489-1490; 1491-1492; 1493-1494; 1495-1496; 1497-1498;        1499-1500; 1501-1502; 1503-1504; 1505-1506; 1507-1508;        1509-1510; 1511-1512; 1513-1514; 1515-1516; 1517-1518;        1519-1520; 1521-1522; 1523-1524; 1525-1526; 1527-1528;        1529-1530; 1531-1532; 1533-1534; 1535-1536; 1537-1538;        1539-1540; 1541-1542; 1543-1544; 1545-1546; 1547-1548;        1549-1550; 1551-1552; 1553-1554; 1555-1556; 1557-1558;        1559-1560; 1561-1562; 1563-1564; 1565-1566; 1567-1568;        1569-1570; 1571-1572; 1573-1574; 1575-1576; 1577-1578;        1579-1580; 1581-1582; 1583-1584; 1585-1586; 1587-1588;        1589-1590; 1591-1592; 1593-1594; 1595-1596; 1597-1598;        1599-1600; 1601-1602; 1603-1604; 1605-1606; 1607-1608;        1609-1610; 1611-1612; 1613-1614; 1615-1616; 1617-1618;        1619-1620; 1621-1622; 1623-1624; 1625-1626; 1627-1628;        1629-1630; 1631-1632; 1633-1634; 1635-1636; 1637-1638;        1639-1640; 1641-1642; 1643-1644; 1645-1646; 1647-1648;        1649-1650; 1651-1652; 1653-1654; 1655-1656; 1657-1658;        1659-1660; 1661-1662; 1663-1664; 1665-1666; 1667-1668;        1669-1670; 1671-1672; 1673-1674; 1675-1676; 1677-1678;        1679-1680; 1681-1682; 1683-1684; 1685-1686; 1687-1688;        1689-1690; 1691-1692; 1693-1694; 1695-1696; 1697-1698;        1699-1700; 1701-1702; 1703-1704; 1705-1706; 1707-1708;        1709-1710; 1711-1712; 1713-1714; 1715-1716; 1717-1718;        1719-1720; 1721-1722; 1723-1724; 1725-1726; 1727-1728;        1729-1730; 1731-1732; 1733-1734; 1735-1736; 1737-1738;        1739-1740; 1741-1742; 1743-1744; 1745-1746; 1747-1748;        1749-1750; 1751-1752; 1753-1754; 1755-1756; 1757-1758;        1759-1760; 1761-1762; 1763-1764; 1765-1766; 1767-1768;        1769-1770; 1771-1772; 1773-1774; 1775-1776; 1777-1778;        1779-1780; 1781-1782; 1783-1784; 1785-1786; 1787-1788;        1789-1790; 1791-1792; 1793-1794; 1795-1796; 1797-1798;        1799-1800; 1801-1802; 1803-1804; 1805-1806; 1807-1808;        1809-1810; 1811-1812; 1813-1814; 1815-1816.

The following examples are not limitative.

Example 1: General Amplification α5, α6, α7 and α10 HPVs

We developed a NGS test for quantifying oncogenic HPV E7 mRNAs relativetheir respective L1 mRNAs. We searched and designed consensus primers inthis regard for a quantitative pre-amplification of the oncogenic E7HPVs mRNAs of all alpha papillomavirus (high and low risk).

We completed the test with the identification of L1 mRNA level anddetermine the ratio between the expression E7 (early gene) and L1 (lategene) to determine the risk of a patient developing cancer. This newtest allows determining the inherent risk of any HPVs types regardlessof the current classification regardless of whether the patient isinfected with HPV species 16 or 18, etc. (HR) or 30 . . . etc. (BR).

Furthermore, this assay allows identifications of multiple HPVinfections in single individuals.

First, we analyzed the feasibility of generating consensus sequences fordifferent HPVs type (HR and LR).

We started to determine the percentage protein homology of the differentHPVs Type, using NCBI Blastn. We observed that a high heterogeneityexists between the gene sequence of E7 from one type of HPV to anothereven among HR species (FIG. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). This observation did notreveal obvious features in sequences of HPVs explaining the consensusdesigning partners by current classification as LR or HR. thisobservation reinforces the hypothesis of a lack of correlation betweensequence of a whole E7 gene and the classification based on the risk:this impair a possibility to derive tests based on consensus sequence todifferentiate HT=R and LR.

Then, we did a sequence alignment based on oncogenic E7 HPVs HR and LR.

We focus on global comparison of HR and LR, then only within HR andfinally only within LR. We observed that no specific consensus sequenceemerged from the sequence alignment of HR, HR and LR/LR overall on E7genes species. There is very little global sequence homology, the locusof homology being very punctual.

Nonetheless, we were led to design consensus primers based on subgroup afor E7 using ClustalW for alignments. We found some homologies betweenHPVs types sequences contained in a subgroup. After having generated allthe FASTA files alignment, we searched to generate consensus sequencesusing GEMI program. Sometimes, we couldn't find any consensus sequencesin all the HPV subgroup. We divided the subgroup to generate thedegenerated consensus sequences. We then selected more particularlycombined primers which cover all subgroup parameters such as minimizingthe number of required primers selecting primers to obtain the largestpossible amplicons, further selecting primers for relative conserved 3′sequences and selecting primers which do not cross hybridize. We didthese selections for all the E7 and L1 HPVs subgroup. After analyzingall the sequences we elected the best set of primers for α5, α6, α7 andα10 E7 and α5, α6, α7 and α10 L1 to amplify all the genes.

Finally, we provide here a new diagnosis test comprising a set of probesfor the pre amplification of E7 α5, α6, α7 and α10 HPVs mRNAs and L1 α5,α6, α7 and α10 HPVs mRNAs level and which allows to assess the ratiobetween the expression of E7 (early gene) and L1 (late gene) as a markerof the risk for a patient developing cancer.

One preferred set of primers for the pre-amplification comprises thefollowing sequences:

α5:

E7 (SEQ ID NO. 49) Forward: 5′-YTAGATYTGGTGCCGCAACCCG-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 50)Forward: 5′-MGCCATGCGTGGTAATGTACCAC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 51) Reverse:3′-CTCCASCRCTCGRACGTTCTGT-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 52) Reverse:3′-CACGGGCAMACCAGGCTTAGK-5′ L1 (SEQ ID NO. 53) Forward:5′-KCAGATGGCYTTGYGGCGTACTA-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 56) Reverse:3′-GGGGCRTYRCGYTGACAKGTAGT-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 57) Reverse:3′-GGCMGGSCKTTTAAGGCCTGGT-5′α6:

E7 (SEQ ID NO. 64) Forward: 5′-GCTCAGAGGAWGAGGATGAGG-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 69)Reverse: 3′-GCCTTGTTGCRCASAGGGG-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 70) Reverse:3′-CGCAGAGTGGGCACGTTACT-5′ L1 (SEQ ID NO. 71) Forward:5′-TTGCAGATGGCGRYGTGGCG-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 72) Reverse:3′-CACCTAAAGGYTGDCCDCGGC-5′α7:

E7 (SEQ ID NO. 82) Forward: 5′-GACGRGMHGAACMACARCGTCAC-3′ (SEQ ID NO.85) Reverse: 3′-GTGWSTCCATAAACAGCWGCWGT-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 86) Reverse:3′-CACACCAMGGACACACAAAGGAC-5′ L1 (SEQ ID NO. 87) Forward:5′-GCGBTCTAGYGACARCAHGGTGT-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 88) Forward:5′-HCCTGCTATTGGKGARCAYTGGG-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 89) Reverse:3′-CCAGTGYTCYCCMATRGCRGGWA-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 90) Reverse:3′-TAGASCCACTDGGWGANGGRGAA-5′α10:

E7 (SEQ ID NO. 122) Forward: 5′-GCWCAYTWGGAATHGTGTGCCCC-3′ (SEQ ID NO.123) Forward: 5′-CSTGTAAMAACGCCATGAGAGGA-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 124) Forward:5′-CGCCATGAGAGGAMACAASCCA-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 125) Reverse:3′-GGCACACDATTCCWARTGWGCCC-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 126) Reverse:3′-GGTTCGTASGTCRSTTGYTGTAC-5′ (SEQ ID NO. 127) Reverse:3′-GTGCACAGSYGGGRCACACWAYT-5′ L1 (SEQ ID NO. 128) Forward:5′-GARGCCACWGTSTACYTGCCTC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 129) Forward:5′-ACAGATGTCTCTGTGGCGGC-3′ (SEQ ID NO. 130) Reverse:3′-GGATGNCCACTWAYRCCHACDCC-5′

Example 2: Quantifying E6 and E7 Reads Versus Other Viral Reads

A sample of cells is collected from the cervix using a spatula or smallbrush and put in a conservative solution. RNAs are extracted from thecells using standard procedure and polyA mRNAs are selected usingstandard procedures like using poly dT beads. Libraries are preparedusing standard library preparation (RNA fragmentation and reversetranscription into double-stranded complementary DNA primed by randomhexamer followed by adapter selection, or reverse transcription tosingle strand cDNA, ligation of cDNA and random amplification by phi 29polymerase followed by fragmentation and adpaterligation). AlternativelyRT-PCT is conducted using set of primers for E6 and E7 and at least oneanother late gene as described. After sequencing using several millionreads of at least 100 nt, reads are mapped on a database of E6 and E7genes: HPV genotypes expressing E6/E7 are identified. The other readsare mapped on the subset of genomes corresponding to the correspondinggenotypes. Within each genotype, ratio of the number of E6/E7 reads tothe reads mapped to at least one anther gene is calculated and comparedto thresholds.

Example 3: Biological Samples

Two high grade lesions (HSIL) samples of the cervix from two donorwomen, hereinafter referred to as 117 and 119, were collected inPreservCyt medium (Hologic) and kept at room temperature for a couple ofdays. After homogenization, 1 mL aliquots were collected from the 204total liquid medium for HPV genotyping (Papillocheck, Greiner Bio-One).Results of HPV typing are given in table 1. The remaining samples werecentrifuged at 4,500×g for 10 min and the pellets were stabilized in 1mL RNAProtect Cell (Qiagen) for storage at −80° C. before RNAextraction.

Example 4: HPV Database

Sixty four (64) reference sequences representing the entire HPV alphagenus were retrieved from the International Human PapillomavirusReference Center (updated May 2014). Additional nine (9) sublineagesequences corresponding to HPV16, plus nine (9) sublineage sequencescorresponding to HPV18 (described in Burk et al. Virology 2013) wereadded. The resulting eighty two (82) HPV genomes (listed in table 2)were aligned using ClustalW2 (default parameters) and the output filewas analyzed using the Geneious software (Geneious 7.1.5, BiomattersLdt).

Example 5: Design of HPV Reverse Transcription Primers

A dedicated strategy for the design of HPV reverse transcription(RT)-primers was set up with the goal to carry out a specific enrichmentof HPV sequences during the reverse transcription step within a ballastof viral and non-viral RNA sequences. The overall approach consists intargeting the entire early and late populations of HPV transcriptsstarting from a limited number of specific RT primers. The design isachieved by taking advantage of the sequence shared by all early andlate transcripts, located in the 5′ vicinity of the early and late polyAsignals, respectively (FIG. 1). In order to minimize the number of RTprimers required to cover all kind of alpha HPV, the degree ofsimilarity between the 82 HPV genomes was taken into account. Additionalcriteria for the design of RT primers were as follows: (i) an overallgood specificity of the primer aligned against all existing sequencesdatabases (BLAST NCBI) with special attention paid in considering the 3′part of the primer, (ii) a GC content around 50% (+/−12%), (iii) amelting temperature (Tm) >50° C. (assuming 0.2 μM primers and 50 mMsalt), (iv) no T tracts, (v) no or low GC content in the 3′ part of theprimer and (vi) no or limited number of putative secondary structures.This approach was implemented manually as a proof of principle to designone (1) RT-specific primer targeting the early transcripts of the 9HPV16 sequences, one (1) RT-specific primer targeting the latetranscripts of the 9 HPV16 sequences, two (2) RT-specific primerstargeting the early transcripts of the 9 HPV18 sequences and two (2)RT-specific primers targeting the late transcripts of the 9 HPV18sequences. The resulting six (6) RT-specific primers targeting bothHPV16 and HPV18 sequences and including sublineages are given in table3. HPSF-purified primers (0.01 μmol) were ordered at Eurofins genomics(http://www.eurofinsgenomics.eu).

Example 6: RNA Extraction and Characterization

Total RNA from samples 117 and 119 were extracted using the PicoPure RNAisolation kit (Life Technologies), adding a DNAse treatment stepdirectly on column (RNAse-free DNAse set, Qiagen) as recommended by thesupplier. Elution was achieved in 304 elution buffer. Assessment of RNAquantity and quality was done with a Nanodrop 1000 (Thermo Scientist)and a Bioanalyzer 2100 using the RNA Nano chips (Agilent).

Example 7: Random Reverse Transcription

Random reverse transcription of total RNA was carried out using theSuperScript III First-Strand cDNA Synthesis kit (Invitrogen). Briefly,84 of total RNA was used for template and the reaction was performed inthe presence of 50 nM random hexamers (provided by Invitrogen),incubated 10 min at 25° C., 50 min at 50° C. and 5 min at 85° C. beforea final RNAse H treatment 20 min at 37° C. The resulting cDNA werestored at −20° C.

Example 8: HPV-Specific Reverse Transcription

HPV-specific reverse transcription was carried out using the SuperScriptIII First-Strand cDNA Synthesis kit (Invitrogen) and primed with theHPV-specific RT-primers described above. Briefly, 8 μL of total RNA wasused for template and reaction was performed with a 0.2 μM mixture ofthe 6 HPV-specific RT primers, incubated 50 min at 50° C. and 5 min at85° C. before a final RNAse H treatment 20 min at 37° C. The resultingcDNA were stored at −20° C.

Example 9: Control PCR

The HPV16 E7 and the human cellular beta-actin (ACTB) genes were used ascontrols of the random and HPV-specific reverse-transcription steps,respectively. 1 μL of reverse-transcribed cDNA was used as PCR templatesin 204 final volume, working with LightCycler DNA Master SybrGreen Ireagents (Roche Diagnostics). 45 amplification cycles were achieved on aLight Cycler 480 (Roche) as follows: 95° C. 10 sec, 56° C. 10 sec, 72°C. 30 sec. Fusion curves and electrophoresis gels served for validation.A comparison of Ct values obtained by following either the random RT orthe HPV RT protocol is given in table 4.

Example 10: Whole Transcriptome Random Amplification

cDNA were randomly amplified using the Multiple DisplacementAmplification (MDA) protocol with phi29 polymerase and random hexamers(Whole Transcriptome Amplification, Qiagen). Phi 29 was UV-treated forone hour before use, in order to prevent any residual DNA contaminant.

Example 11: High Throughput Sequencing

Samples 117 (both random RT and HPV-specific RT) and 119 (both random RTand HPV-specific RT) were independently analyzed on two sequencing runs(300 bp paired-end sequencing, TruSeq PCR-free library prep, 600 cyclekit) on a MiSeq apparatus (Illumina). fastQ data were generated and QCtests done following standard procedures. Total numbers of sequencingreads per sample are summarized in table 5.

Example 12: Data Analysis

Quality-filtered reads were mapped to reference sequences using thefollowing criteria: (i) alignment identity of at least 90% and (ii)Smith and Waterman score above 100. A selection of 10 human genes servedas cellular controls (table 6). The analysis of the reads mapping HPVsequences relied on two strategies: first, at the genomic level,sequencing reads mapping HPV16 (NC_001526.2), HPV6 (HG793939.1) andHPV35 (JX129488.1) were count for each coding sequence (CDS), withoutadding any particular filter (table 7). In a second and moretranscript-specific approach, reads mapping splice junctions of HPV16were identified (table 8). This latter analysis was done for HPV16 onlyas a proof of principle, and relied on well-documented donor andacceptor splice sites, as described for example in Zheng et al.FrontBiosci 2006.

Example 13: Sequence Results

Following the random reverse-transcription protocol, the sequencing ofpatient 117 resulted in a total of 1,455 and 126 reads (over 34,977,682)that were successfully mapped to the HPV16 (NC_001526.2) and HPV35(JX129488.1) genomes, respectively. 15 reads (over 39675490) were mappedto the HPV16 genome for the mono-infected patient 119. Following thealternative procedure with HPV-specific RT primers, the sequencing ofpatient 117 resulted in a total of 2033, 69 and 14 reads (over 28598603)for HPV16, HPV35 and HPV6 genomes, respectively. 6 reads (over 19383833)were mapped to the HPV16 genome for patient 119.

Two lines of analysis were conducted in order to characterize finelydifferent populations of HPV reads. First, at the genomic level, readsmapping CDS regions were counted, giving a broad view of phenomena suchas the early vs late genes equilibrium (table 7). In addition to that,we sought to characterize deeply specific HPV16 transcripts by takingadvantage of well-documented donor and acceptor splice sites describedfor HPV16. This led us to define 11 spliced transcripts which can beassociated unambiguously to one specific RNA event (table 8). Together,these two analysis showed that (i) HPV sequences are reachable usingHTS, (ii) it is possible to perform a gene-by-gene reads counting at thegenomic level, (iii) reads associated to specific splice junctions existand can be characterized and counted as well, confirming essentially thedetection of transcripts over possible artefacts introduced by residualHPV DNA, (iv) discrepancies exist between samples, between HPV genus andbetween HPV genes and transcripts patterns, which reflect probably thediversity of HPV infections.

Example 14: Examples of R Scores

These observations opened the possibly to define a score, referred to asR score, based on HPV CDS counts and/or specific transcripts within eachgenotype present in a given sample, to gain a fine molecularcharacterization of any individual HPV-positive samples. From thisperspective, either one value or a combination of more than one ratio(s)could be considered. A non-restrictive list of R scores is given intable 9 in order to illustrate several possible combinations basedeither on CDS or specific transcripts. As an example, R scores based ona ratio E6 and/or E7 and/or E2 and/or L1 and/or L2 succeeded ingenerating high score values (highlighted) that should be associated ofnon- or lowly-productive HPV cycles typical of transformed cells. Ofnote, weighting coefficients such as αE6 and/or βE7 and/or γE2 and/orδL1 and/or εL2 can be added as parameters, independently, in order tobetter discriminate, for instance, low risk and high risk lesions.

Example 15: Random RT Vs HPV-Specific RT

As an alternative to the conventional random RT upstream of randomamplification, we attempted to define and to use HPV-specific RTprimers, with the ultimate goal to achieve a specific HPV enrichmentover non-HPV sequences. Such targeted (semi-random) approach may proveextremely important in the perspective of reducing the depth sequencing(that is dependent on the ratio of HPV to non HPV sequences), increasingmultiplexing, and reducing costs required before being able to use HTSas a screening test. Although the number of HPV reads remains roughlycomparable between the random RT and the HPV-specific RT approaches, amarked difference was observed regarding cellular genes, as exemplifiedby both PCR (table 4, average ACTB ΔCt −3,01 for HPV RT compared to E7ΔCt −0,56) and HTS results (table 6, average 3,3 fold reduction for HPVRT, after total reads number correction). In addition to that, HPV6reads were detectable in the poly-infected sample 117 only when applyingthe HPV RT approach, thus recovering the results of the Papillocheckgold standard genotyping test. These results, albeit based on a limitednumber of experimental evidences, suggest a minima that our innovativeHPV-specific reverse transcription approach coupled with randomamplification is able to reduce the cellular and other non-HPV ballasts,without deteriorate the detection of specific HPV targets. Optimizationsof the technique are now required to achieved a strong HPV enrichmentand to afford linear quantification.

TABLE 1 Biological samples and associated HPV-genotyping Sample Year ofbirth Lesion HPV typing (Papillocheck) 117 1969 High grade (HSIL) 6, 16,35 119 1986 High grade (HSIL) 16

TABLE 2 Seq Genus HR index Virus name name Species name GenBank ID αHPV(x) 1 HPV2 Alpha Alpha-4 X55964 2 HPV3 Alpha Alpha-2 X74462 3 HPV6 AlphaAlpha-10 X00203 4 HPV7 Alpha Alpha-8 X74463 5 HPV10 Alpha Alpha-2 X744656 HPV11 Alpha Alpha-10 M14119 7 HPV13 Alpha Alpha-10 X62843 8 HPV16Alpha Alpha-9 K02718 9 HPV16 Alpha Alpha-9 AF536179 10 HPV16 AlphaAlpha-9 HQ644236 11 HPV16 Alpha Alpha-9 AF534061 12 HPV16 Alpha Alpha-9AF536180 13 HPV16 Alpha Alpha-9 HQ644298 14 HPV16 Alpha Alpha-9 AF47250915 HPV16 Alpha Alpha-9 HQ644257 16 HPV16 Alpha Alpha-9 AY686579 x 17HPV16 Alpha Alpha-9 AF402678 18 HPV18 Alpha Alpha-7 X05015 x 19 HPV18Alpha Alpha-7 AY262282 20 HPV18 Alpha Alpha-7 EF202146 21 HPV18 AlphaAlpha-7 EF202147 22 HPV18 Alpha Alpha-7 EF202151 23 HPV18 Alpha Alpha-7GQ180787 24 HPV18 Alpha Alpha-7 EF202155 25 HPV18 Alpha Alpha-7 KC47022526 HPV18 Alpha Alpha-7 EF202152 27 HPV18 Alpha Alpha-7 KC470229 28 HPV26Alpha Alpha-5 X74472 29 HPV27 Alpha Alpha-4 X74473 30 HPV28 AlphaAlpha-2 U31783 31 HPV29 Alpha Alpha-2 U31784 x 32 HPV30 Alpha Alpha-6X74474 33 HPV31 Alpha Alpha-9 J04353 x 34 HPV32 Alpha Alpha-1 X74475 35HPV33 Alpha Alpha-9 M12732 X 36 HPV34 Alpha Alpha-11 X74476 37 HPV35Alpha Alpha-9 X74477 38 HPV39 Alpha Alpha-7 M62849 39 HPV40 AlphaAlpha-8 X74478 x 40 HPV42 Alpha Alpha-1 M73236 41 HPV43 Alpha Alpha-8AJ620205 42 HPV44 Alpha Alpha-10 U31788 43 HPV45 Alpha Alpha-7 X74479 44HPV51 Alpha Alpha-5 M62877 x 45 HPV52 Alpha Alpha-9 X74481 46 HPV53Alpha Alpha-6 X74482 47 HPV54 Alpha Alpha-13 U37488 48 HPV56 AlphaAlpha-6 X74483 49 HPV57 Alpha Alpha-4 X55965 50 HPV58 Alpha Alpha-9D90400 51 HPV59 Alpha Alpha-7 X77858 x 52 HPV61 Alpha Alpha-3 U31793 x53 HPV62 Alpha Alpha-3 AY395706 54 HPV66 Alpha Alpha-6 U31794 55 HPV67Alpha Alpha-9 D21208 56 HPV68 Alpha Alpha-7 X67161 x 57 HPV69 AlphaAlpha-5 AB027020 58 HPV70 Alpha Alpha-7 U21941 x 59 HPV71 Alpha Alpha-14AB040456 x 60 HPV72 Alpha Alpha-3 X94164 61 HPV73 Alpha Alpha-11 X9416562 HPV74 Alpha Alpha-10 AF436130 63 HPV77 Alpha Alpha-2 Y15175 64 HPV78Alpha Alpha-2 AB793779 65 HPV81 Alpha Alpha-3 AJ620209 66 HPV82 AlphaAlpha-5 AB027021 x 67 HPV83 Alpha Alpha-3 AF151983 68 HPV84 AlphaAlpha-3 AF293960 x 69 HPV85 Alpha Alpha-7 AF131950 70 HPV86 AlphaAlpha-3 AF349909 71 HPV87 Alpha Alpha-3 AJ400628 72 HPV89 Alpha Alpha-3AF436128 73 HPV90 Alpha Alpha-14 AY057438 x 74 HPV91 Alpha Alpha-8AF419318 75 HPV94 Alpha Alpha-2 AJ620211 76 HPV97 Alpha Alpha-7 DQ08008077 HPV102 Alpha Alpha-3 DQ080083 78 HPV106 Alpha Alpha-14 DQ080082 79HPV114 Alpha Alpha-3 GQ244463 80 HPV117 Alpha Alpha-2 GQ246950 81 HPV125Alpha Alpha-2 FN547152 82 HPV160 Alpha Alpha-2 AB745694 x

TABLE 3 Primers used for HPV-specific reverse transcription Primer nameSequence (5′->3′) Length(bp) % GC Tm SEQ ID NO. HPV16-earlyCAGCGGACGTATTAATAGG 19 47 54.5 SEQ ID NO. 153 HPV16-lateTCATATTCCTCCCCATGTC 19 47 54.5 SEQ ID NO. 154 HPV18-early-AGGGGACGTTATTACCAC 18 50 53.7 SEQ ID NO. 155 pop1 HPV18-early-CAGGGGACGTTATTATCAC 19 47 54.5 SEQ ID NO. 156 pop2 HPV18-late-ATATTCCTCAACATGTCTGC 20 40 53.2 SEQ ID NO. 157 pop1 HPV18-late-CATATTCTTCAACATGTCTGC 21 38 54.0 SEQ ID NO. 158 pop2

TABLE 4 Comparative Ct values obtained by PCR after random orHPV-specific reverse transcription Human ACTB E7 HPV16 Random HPV RandomHPV RT RT ΔCt RT RT ΔCt Sample 26.69 29.48 −2.79 37.23 37.35 −0.12 117Sample 23.97 27.20 −3.23 35.25 36.25 −1.00 119

TABLE 5 Total number of sequencing reads Total reads # (raw) QualityFiltering Sample 117 random RT 37,055,284 34,977,682 Sample 117 HPV RT30,607,370 28,598,603 Sample 119 random RT 41,994,892 39,675,490 Sample119 HPV RT 20,462,884 19,383,833

TABLE 6 Number of sequencing reads mapping human cellular genes (GRCh37)after random or HPV-specific reverse transcription ACTB GAPDH G6PD HPRT1RPLP0 GUSB PPIA KRT19 CDKN2A MKI67P1 TOTAL Sample 117 random RT 731 7 132 0 4 4 10 5 0 794 Sample 117 HPV RT 86 0 0 13 2 2 2 5 11 0 121 Sample119 random RT 546 19 9 183 38 23 50 57 96 0 1,021 Sample 119 HPV RT 47 528 146 6 17 50 0 73 12 384

TABLE 7 Number of sequencing reads mapping HPV CDS Sample 117 Sample 119HPV16 HPV35 HPV6 HPV16 HPV Rand. HPV Rand. HPV Rand. HPV Rand. HPV CDSRT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT E6 162 121 0 0 0 0 6 2 E7 91 91 7 0 0 14 9 0 E1585 862 30 7 0 13 3 3 E2 366 684 22 0 0 0 1 0 E4 29 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 E5 7170 0 0 0 0 1 0 L2 248 211 12 11 0 0 0 0 L1 305 535 24 47 0 0 0 1

TABLE 8 Number of sequencing reads mapping spliced HPV16 transcriptsGenomic coordinates Sample 117 Sample 119 of HPV16 splice sites Numberof reads at Number of reads at HPV16 splice (NC_001526.2) the splicejunction the splice junction transcripts Spl. Donor Spl. Accep. Rand. RTHPV RT Rand. RT HPV RT E6*I 226 409 33 25 0 0 E6*II 226 526 4 0 0 0E6*III, E5 226 3358 0 0 0 0 E6*IV 226 2709 36 23 0 0 E6{circumflex over( )}E7 226 742 0 0 0 0 E1C 880 2582 0 0 0 0 E1{circumflex over ( )}E4880 3358 12 4 0 0 E2 880 2709 0 2 0 0 E2C 1302 3358 0 0 0 0 L1 3632 56390 0 0 0 L1* 1302 5639 0 0 0 0

Example 16: Summary of Examples 1-15

The method according to the present invention described in the Examplesabove comprises:

1. Extraction of viral RNAs (Example 6) from a biological sample(Example 3),2. Reverse transcription of the RNAs into cDNA with random hexamers(Example 7) or primers specific for HPV (Example 8); the design of theprimers being illustrated by Example 1 (consensus primer) and Example 5(HPV16 and HPV18 specific primers). A cDNA quality control is carriedout by quantitative PCR (Example 9).3. Amplification of cDNA by MDA technology with random hexamers (Example10) to generate a DNA sequence bank (Example 2),4. High throughput sequencing of the DNA bank and generation of“sequencing reads” (Example 11),5. Aligning reads (Example 12) with the sequences of the HPV genomespresent in the database (Example 5). Two analytical strategies arepossible (Example 12, results in Example 13):

-   -   a. counting reads aligning with each CDS of interest, or    -   b. enumeration of reads aligning only the known splice junctions        of each CDS of interest;        6. Computing R score (Example 14) whose the different possible        computings are ratios described in Table 9. The ratio is defined        as the ratio between the number of reads generated for at least        2 genes described in the present patent application.

Example 17: Detection and Quantification of HPV16 and Human Transcripts17.1 HPV Database

Sixty four (64) genomic sequences representing the HPV alpha genus wereretrieved from the International Human Papillomavirus Reference Center(http://www.hpvcenter.se/index.html; updated May 2014). Additional nine(9) sublineage sequences corresponding to HPV16, plus nine (9)sublineage sequences corresponding to HPV18 (described in Burk et al.Virology 2013) were added. The resulting eighty two (82) HPV genomes arereferred to as the αHPV database (Table 2 above). A subgroup of the αHPVdatabase composed of sixteen (16) sequences (16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45,51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66, 68, 73 and 82), corresponding to high risk orputative high risk Papillomaviruses, is referred to as the HR αHPVgroup.

17.2 Delineation of Transcription Maps for HR αHPV

For each sequences of the HR αHPV group, known and putative/predictedsplice donor (SD) and splice acceptor (SA) sites were annotated. First,previously documented SD and SA sites for HPV16 and HPV18 were retrievedfrom Zheng et al. Front Biosci. 2006, Wang et al. Journal of Virology2011 and Toots et al. PLoS ONE 2014 (FIG. 7, light grey). Based on theidea that virtually all spliced sites are analogous to those previouslydescribed for other papillomaviruses (Wang et al. Journal of Virology2011), the annotation of SA and SD was then expanded to the entire αHPVgroup by direct analogy (FIG. 7, black numbers). In addition, SA/SDpredictions were supported by online splice site prediction software.

17.3 Transcripts Database and Primers Design

A database of short (150 to 500 bp) sequences reconstructed 5′ from thesplice donor site and 3′ from the splice acceptor site was generated,gathering each transcript, part of transcript, or putative transcriptfor each HR αHPV, and is referred to as the αHPV transcripts database.This database served as a basis for the design of PCR primers. Moreprecisely, a pair of primers was defined for each transcript, part oftranscript or putative transcript when possible, with the objective ofencompassing the splice junction, as defined in FIG. 7 (thecorresponding transcripts appear with suffix ‘sp_’ in Table 10).

TABLE 10 Primer pairs for HPV16 and human transcripts SEQ SEQ TranscriptID ID targeted Forward primer NO.. Reverse primer NO.. Human ACTB.E4E5CCAGGTCATCACCATTGGCAAT 159 CGTACAGGTCTTTGCGGATGT 160 tran- AKT1.E2E3CCATGAGCGACGTGGCTATT 161 CTCACGTTGGTCCACATCCT 162 scripts B2M.E1E2CTGTGCTCGCGCTACTCT 163 CAACTTCAATGTCGGATGGATGAAAC 164 BCL2.E2E3GTGGATGACTGAGTACCTGAACC 165 GGCCAAACTGAGCAGAGTCTT 166 BRAF.E11E12CGGGACTCGAGTGATGATTGG 167 CTGAGGTGTAGGTGCTGTCA 168 CDH1.E10E11CTCCTGAAAAGAGAGTGGAAGTGT 169 CCGGATTAATCTCCAGCCAGTT 170 CDKN2A.E1E2AACGCACCGAATAGTTACGGT 171 ACGGGTCGGGTGAGAGT 172 CDKN2B.E1E2CGGATCCCAACGGAGTCAA 173 ACCGGTCGGGTGAGAGT 174 ERBB2.E11E12TCTTCCAGAACCTGCAAGTAATCC 175 GGTGGGTGTTATGGTGGATGA 176 FOS.E3E4AGGAGAATCCGAAGGGAAAGGAATA 177 TCCTTCAGCAGGTTGGCAAT 178 GAPDH.E5E6AGTCCACTGGCGTCTTCAC 179 TGATCTTGAGGCTGTTGTCATACTTC 180 GUSB.E10E11GCGAGTATGGAGCAGAAACGA 181 AATTCCAAATGAGCTCTCCAACCA 182 HRAS.E2E3CGGAATATAAGCTGGTGGTGGT 183 GCACGTCTCCCCATCAATGA 184 KRAS.E3E4GTGCAATGAGGGACCAGTACA 185 CTACTAGGACCATAGGTACATCTTCAGA 186 KRT10.E3E4GATGAGCTGACCCTGACCAA 187 GGCAGCATTCATTTCCACATTCAC 188 KRT14.E3E4AGGAGCTGGCCTACCTGAA 189 CTTCTCATACTGGTCACGCATCT 190 KRT17.E1E2AACACTGAGCTGGAGGTGAAG 191 CTGTAGCAGGATGTTGGCATTG 192 MET.E2E3TGTGTGCATTCCCTATCAAATATGTCAA 193 GCGCTTCACAGCCTGATGA 194 MKI67.E6E7CGTCGTGTCTCAAGATCTAGCTT 195 TGAGTCATCTGCGGTACTGTCT 196 MYC.E1E2GCTTCTCTGAAAGGCTCTCCTT 197 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 198 NOTCH1.E31E32CCGACGCACAAGGTGTCTT 199 GTCGGCGTGTGAGTTGATGA 200 PCNA.E4E5GACGGAGTGAAATTTTCTGCAAGT 201 GAAGTTCAGGTACCTCAGTGCAAA 202 PTEN.E8E9AGCGTGCAGATAATGACAAGGAA 203 GATTTGACGGCTCCTCTACTGT 204 RB1.E22E23CGGTCTTCATGCAGAGACTGA 205 GTGAAATATAGATGTTCCCTCCAGGAAT 206 RPLP0.E7E8GACGGATTACACCTTCCCACTT 207 GACTCTTCCTTGGCTTCAACCTTA 208 STAT1.E18E19CGATGGGCTCAGCTTTCAGA 209 ACAAAACCTCGTCCACGGAAT 210 TERT.E10E11TCCTGCGTTTGGTGGATGAT 211 CCTCGTCTTCTACAGGGAAGTTCA 212 TOP2A.E21E22TGGGTGGTCCTGCAAAATCC 213 ACATATTGATTTGGAGCCAGTTCTTCA 214 TP53.E4E5CTGGCCCCTGTCATCTTCTG 215 CTTGGCCAGTTGGCAAAACAT 216 WNT1.E2E3CTGGAACTGTCCCACTGCT 217 CAGGATTCGATGGAACCTTCTGA 218 HPV16 unsp_226_227CACAGAGCTGCAAACAACTATACAT 219 CACATACAGCATATGGATTCCCATCTC 220 genomicunsp_408_409 GGAACAACATTAGAACAGCAATACAACA 221 TGTCCAGATGTCTTTGCTTTTCTTCA222 and unsp_525_526 CGGTGGACCGGTCGATG 223 TCAGTTGTCTCTGGTTGCAAATCT 224

unsp_741_742 CTCAGAGGAGGAGGATGAAATAGATG 225 CCATTAACAGGTCTTCCAAAGTACGA226 unsp_880_881 GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT 227 CATCCATTACATCCCGTACCCT 228unsp_p997_998 GGTTTTATGTAGAGGCTGTAGTGGAA 229 TGTGCAGTAAACAACGCATGTG 230unsp_1301_1302 GCGGGTATGGCAATACTGAAGT 231 TGGTGTTTGGCATATAGTGTGTCTTT 232gen_1553_2056 ATCAACGTGTTGCGATTGGT 233 CTAATAGTAACACAACCATTCCCCATGA 234unsp_p2307_2308 GAGGTGATTGGAAGCAAATTGTTATGT 235CAGACCCTTGCAGAAATTTCATTAAACT 236 unsp_2580_2581GGATGTAAAGCATAGACCATTGGTACA 237 GTTTTCGTCAAATGGAAACTCATTAGGA 238unsp_2707_2708 CGGAAATCCAGTGTATGAGCTTAATGAT 239TGACACACATTTAAACGTTGGCAAAG 240 unsp_3356_3357 CATGCGGGTGGTCAGGTAA 241AAGGCGACGGCTTTGGTAT 242 unsp_3631_3632 GCTCACACAAAGGACGGATTAAC 243CCAATGCCATGTAGACGACACT 244 gen_3883_4218 GCGTGCTTTTTGCTTTGCTTTG 245CAGAGGCTGCTGTTATCCACAATA 246 unsp_4619_p4620 TGGGCCCTTCTGATCCTTCTAT 247GGTCAGTGAAAGTGGGATTATTATGTGT 248 unsp_p5009_5010CTGCTTTTGTAACCACTCCCACTA 249 CCTAGAGGTTAATGCTGGCCTATG 250unsp_5408_p5409 CTTCACATGCAGCCTCACCTA 251 GGAATATTGTATGCACCACCAAAAGG 252unsp_5636_5637 CCTATAGTTCCAGGGTCTCCACAA 253 ATCCGTGCTTACAACCTTAGATACTG254 gen_5889_6779 GGATGACACAGAAAATGCTAGTGCTTA 255CACCTGGATTTACTGCAACATTGG 256 unsp_7029_p7030 ACCTCCAGCACCTAAAGAAGATGA257 GGTGTAGCTTTTCGTTTTCCTAATGTAA 258 HPV16 sp_226_409CACAGAGCTGCAAACAACTATACAT 259 TGTCCAGATGTCTTTGCTTTTCTTCA 260 splicedsp_226_526 CACAGAGCTGCAAACAACTATACAT 261 TCAGTTGTCTCTGGTTGCAAATCT 262tran- sp_226_742 CACAGAGCTGCAAACAACTATACAT 263CCATTAACAGGTCTTCCAAAGTACGA 264 scripts sp_226_p1087CACAGAGCTGCAAACAACTATACAT 265 CACTAAGTGGACTACCAAATACTTTCGT 266sp_226_2581 CACAGAGCTGCAAACAACTATACAT 267 GTTTTCGTCAAATGGAAACTCATTAGGA268 sp_226_2708 CACAGAGCTGCAAACAACTATACAT 269 TGACACACATTTAAACGTTGGCAAAG270 sp_226_3357 CACAGAGCTGCAAACAACTATACAT 271 AAGGCGACGGCTTTGGTAT 272sp_226_p4620 CACAGAGCTGCAAACAACTATACAT 273 GGTCAGTGAAAGTGGGATTATTATGTGT274 sp_226_p5409 CACAGAGCTGCAAACAACTATACAT 275GGAATATTGTATGCACCACCAAAAGG 276 sp_226_5637 CACAGAGCTGCAAACAACTATACAT 277ATCCGTGCTTACAACCTTAGATACTG 278 sp_226_p7030 CACAGAGCTGCAAACAACTATACAT279 GGTGTAGCTTTTCGTTTTCCTAATGTAA 280 sp_880_p1087 GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT281 CACTAAGTGGACTACCAAATACTTTCGT 282 sp_880_2581 GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT283 GTTTTCGTCAAATGGAAACTCATTAGGA 284 sp_880_2708 GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT285 TGACACACATTTAAACGTTGGCAAAG 286 sp_880_3357 GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT 287AAGGCGACGGCTTTGGTAT 288 sp_880_p4620 GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT 289GGTCAGTGAAAGTGGGATTATTATGTGT 290 sp_880_p5409 GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT 291GGAATATTGTATGCACCACCAAAAGG 292 sp_880_5637 GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT 293ATCCGTGCTTACAACCTTAGATACTG 294 sp_880_p7030 GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT 295GGTGTAGCTTTTCGTTTTCCTAATGTAA 296 sp_p997_p1087GGTTTTATGTAGAGGCTGTAGTGGAA 297 CACTAAGTGGACTACCAAATACTTTCGT 298sp_p997_2581 GGTTTTATGTAGAGGCTGTAGTGGAA 299 GTTTTCGTCAAATGGAAACTCATTAGGA300 sp_p997_2708 GGTTTTATGTAGAGGCTGTAGTGGAA 301TGACACACATTTAAACGTTGGCAAAG 302 sp_p997_3357 GGTTTTATGTAGAGGCTGTAGTGGAA303 AAGGCGACGGCTTTGGTAT 304 sp_p997_p4620 GGTTTTATGTAGAGGCTGTAGTGGAA 305GGTCAGTGAAAGTGGGATTATTATGTGT 306 sp_p997_p5409GGTTTTATGTAGAGGCTGTAGTGGAA 307 GGAATATTGTATGCACCACCAAAAGG 308sp_p997_5637 GGTTTTATGTAGAGGCTGTAGTGGAA 309 ATCCGTGCTTACAACCTTAGATACTG310 sp_p997_p7030 GGTTTTATGTAGAGGCTGTAGTGGAA 311GGTGTAGCTTTTCGTTTTCCTAATGTAA 312 sp_1301_2581 GCGGGTATGGCAATACTGAAGT 313GTTTTCGTCAAATGGAAACTCATTAGGA 314 sp_1301_2708 GCGGGTATGGCAATACTGAAGT 315TGACACACATTTAAACGTTGGCAAAG 316 sp_1301_3357 GCGGGTATGGCAATACTGAAGT 317AAGGCGACGGCTTTGGTAT 318 sp_1301_5637 GCGGGTATGGCAATACTGAAGT 319ATCCGTGCTTACAACCTTAGATACTG 320 sp_1301_p4620 GCGGGTATGGCAATACTGAAGT 321GGTCAGTGAAAGTGGGATTATTATGTGT 322 sp_1301_p5409 GCGGGTATGGCAATACTGAAGT323 GGAATATTGTATGCACCACCAAAAGG 324 sp_1301_p7030 GCGGGTATGGCAATACTGAAGT325 GGTGTAGCTTTTCGTTTTCCTAATGTAA 326 sp_p2307_2708GAGGTGATTGGAAGCAAATTGTTATGT 327 TGACACACATTTAAACGTTGGCAAAG 328sp_p2307_3357 GAGGTGATTGGAAGCAAATTGTTATGT 329 AAGGCGACGGCTTTGGTAT 330sp_p2307_5637 GAGGTGATTGGAAGCAAATTGTTATGT 331 ATCCGTGCTTACAACCTTAGATACTG332 sp_p2307_p4620 GAGGTGATTGGAAGCAAATTGTTATGT 333GGTCAGTGAAAGTGGGATTATTATGTGT 334 sp_p2307_p5409GAGGTGATTGGAAGCAAATTGTTATGT 335 GGAATATTGTATGCACCACCAAAAGG 336sp_p2307_p7030 GAGGTGATTGGAAGCAAATTGTTATGT 337GGTGTAGCTTTTCGTTTTCCTAATGTAA 338 sp_3631_5637 GCTCACACAAAGGACGGATTAAC339 ATCCGTGCTTACAACCTTAGATACTG 340 sp_3631_p4620 GCTCACACAAAGGACGGATTAAC341 GGTCAGTGAAAGTGGGATTATTATGTGT 342 sp_3631_p5409GCTCACACAAAGGACGGATTAAC 343 GGAATATTGTATGCACCACCAAAAGG 344 sp_3631_p7030GCTCACACAAAGGACGGATTAAC 345 GGTGTAGCTTTTCGTTTTCCTAATGTAA 346sp_p5009_p5409 CTGCTTTTGTAACCACTCCCACTA 347 GGAATATTGTATGCACCACCAAAAGG348 sp_p5009_5637 CTGCTTTTGTAACCACTCCCACTA 349ATCCGTGCTTACAACCTTAGATACTG 350 sp_p5009_p7030 CTGCTTTTGTAACCACTCCCACTA351 GGTGTAGCTTTTCGTTTTCCTAATGTAA 352 HPV16- fus_880_MYC_001_exon1GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT 353 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 354 humanfus_880_MYC_001_exon2 GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT 355 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 356fusion fus_880_MYC_001_exon3 GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT 357GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 358 tran- fus_880_PVT1_002_exon3GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT 359 ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 360 scriptsfus_880_PVT1_004_exon1 GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT 361 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT362 fus_880_PVT1_005_exon1 GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT 363 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT364 fus_2869_MYC_001_exon1 AGTACAGACCTACGTGACCATATAGAC 365CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 366 fus_2869_MYC_001_exon2AGTACAGACCTACGTGACCATATAGAC 367 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 368fus_2869_MYC_001_exon3 AGTACAGACCTACGTGACCATATAGAC 369GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 370 fus_2869_PVT1_002_exon3AGTACAGACCTACGTGACCATATAGAC 371 ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 372fus_2869_PVT1_004_exon1 AGTACAGACCTACGTGACCATATAGAC 373CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 374 fus_2869_PVT1_005_exon1AGTACAGACCTACGTGACCATATAGAC 375 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 376

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In particular, the nearest neighbor splice sites have been taken intoconsideration in order to minimize risks of co-amplifying severalspliced isoforms with a given couple of primers. Additional primerspairs were defined, when possible, to amplify the boundaries at the5′-SD-genomic and genomic-SA-3′ positions (suffix ‘unsp_’) to allow fora better quantitative monitoring of concomitant spliced and/orgenomic/unspliced transcription events and refine if necessary thedescription of transcripts equilibrium in the course of HPV infection.To complete this view and provide extra controls, primers were alsodesigned within some HPV genomic regions lacking known SD/SA sites(suffix ‘gen_’), meaning that the detection of such sequences couldresult only from locally unspliced transcription or DNA contamination. Aselection of human transcripts has been included in the design as wellfor normalization purposes and/or to support or improve a combination ofhuman and/or HPV transcripts being able to discriminate low grade vshigh grade lesions of the cervix. Of note, extra fusion transcripts(‘fus_’) were investigated and primers were conceived following HPVbreakpoint hypothesis in the context of HPV integration within the twohuman locus MYC and PTV1, as discussed for example in Lu et al. PLoS ONE2014, Tang et al. Nature Communication 2013, Wentzensen et al. Oncogene2002 or Peter et al. Oncogene 2006. In this case, forward primers werelocated 5′ of HPV breakpoints (see FIG. 7) and reverse primers designedwithin the targeted human exons, thus allowing for the detection andfine characterization of hybrid HPV-human transcripts.

17.4 Biological Samples and Cell Line

Two high grade lesions (HSIL) samples of the cervix from two donorwomen, hereinafter referred to as 610 and 729, were collected inPreservCyt medium (Hologic) and kept at room temperature for a couple ofdays. After homogenization, 1 mL aliquots were collected from the 20 μLtotal liquid medium for HPV genotyping (Papillocheck, Greiner Bio-One).Results of HPV typing are given in Table 11.

TABLE 11 HPV16 mono-infected samples from patients Sample Year of birthLesion HPV typing (Papillocheck) 610 1985 High grade (HSIL) 16 729 1950High grade (HSIL) 16

The remaining samples were centrifuged at 4,500×g for 10 min and thepellets were stored at −80° C. before RNA extraction. In addition, SiHacells (HPV16 genomic integration) were cultured and harvested, providinganother source of RNA.

17.5 RNA Extraction and Characterization

Total RNA from samples 610 and 729 were extracted using the PicoPure RNAisolation kit (Life Technologies), adding a DNAse treatment stepdirectly on column (RNAse-free DNAse set, Qiagen) as recommended by thesupplier. Elution was achieved in 30 μL elution buffer. Assessment ofRNA quantity and quality was done with a Nanodrop 1000 (ThermoScientist) and a Bioanalyzer 2100 using the RNA Nano chips (Agilent).

17.6 Random Reverse Transcription

Random reverse transcription of total RNA was carried out using theSuperScript III First-Strand cDNA Synthesis kit (Invitrogen). Briefly, 2μl of total RNA was used for template and the reaction was performed inthe presence of 50 nM random hexamers (provided by Invitrogen),incubated 10 min at 25° C., 60 min at 50° C. and 5 min at 85° C. beforea final RNAse H treatment 20 min at 37° C. The resulting cDNA wereimmediately amplified using the multiplex approach described below.

17.7 Multiplex Amplification of Specific Transcripts

Amplification of HPV along with human transcripts was performed from thecDNA of samples 610, 729 and SiHa using a mixture of primers(appropriate for AmpliSeg™ technology; Life technologies) in amultiplex-manner, by a 20 cycles of amplification reaction. Followingamplification, sequencing libraries were constructed (Life technologies)and validated on a Bioanalyzer 2100 before sequencing.

17.8 High Throughput Sequencing and Data Analysis

Samples 610, 729 and SiHa were sequenced on an Ion PGM apparatus usingan Ion 118 chip (Life Technologies). FastQ data were generated and QCtests done following standard procedures. For each sample, sequencingreads were trimmed according to their Phred quality score then mapped tothe HPV transcripts database using Bowtie 2 (Langmead et al. NatureMethods 2012). For spliced transcripts, alignments that did notencompass the splice junction were removed from the analysis. The numberof reads for each sample is detailed in Table 12.

TABLE 12 Reads number for HPV16 and human transcripts Transcripttargeted 610 729 SiHa Human ACTB.E4E5 258790 81325 53371 transcriptsAKT1.E2E3 837 3517 1412 B2M.E1E2 73613 101287 14808 BCL2.E2E3 80 937 1BRAF.E11E12 n.d. 5509 1447 CDH1.E10E11 n.d. 37368 2018 CDKN2A.E1E2 137300 365 CDKN2B.E1E2 n.d. 57289 2958 ERBB2.E11E12 n.d. 73226 2159FOS.E3E4 n.d. 8966 9397 GAPDH.E5E6 79755 52860 70892 GUSB.E10E11 137 226112 HRAS.E2E3 65 700 181 KRAS.E3E4 n.d. 1006 474 KRT10.E3E4 374 412 0KRT14.E3E4 38273 6019 86442 KRT17.E1E2 n.d. 21485 260630 MET.E2E3 n.d.1361 308 MKI67.E6E7 1 4 1210 MYC.E1E2 0 112 223 NOTCH1.E31E32 n.d. 153011420 PCNA.E4E5 116 609 1262 PTEN.E8E9 n.d. 1568 1392 RB1.E22E23 n.d.2807 2571 RPLP0.E7E8 32454 38380 5104 STAT1.E18E19 n.d. 12373 7993TERT.E10E11 n.d. 0 628 TOP2A.E21E22 8 15 4267 TP53.E4E5 n.d. 11798 5551WNT1.E2E3 n.d. 0 0 HPV16 unsp_226_227 n.d. 0 9180 genomic unsp_408_40961 0 18 and unsp_525_526 1122 2 2871 unspliced unsp_741_742 2102 2 1651transcripts unsp_880_881 n.d. 0 1079 unsp_p997_998 1610 0 383unsp_1301_1302 140 2 592 gen_1553_2056 1740 1 297 unsp_p2307_2308 7923 1608 unsp_2580_2581 11800 1 881 unsp_2707_2708 25162 2 828 unsp_3356_33572996 0 0 unsp_3631_3632 10497 2 0 gen_3883_4218 1661 0 2 unsp_4619_p46202685 0 0 unsp_p5009_5010 1619 1 0 unsp_5408_p5409 1690 0 1unsp_5636_5637 3047 0 0 gen_5889_6779 1356 0 0 unsp_7029_p7030 5794 1 0HPV16 sp_226_409 n.d. 7 905 spliced sp_226_526 n.d. 0 568 transcriptssp_226_742 n.d. 0 39 sp_226_p1087 n.d. 0 0 sp_226_2581 n.d. 0 0sp_226_2708 n.d. 0 3 sp_226_3357 n.d. 0 0 sp_226_p4620 n.d. 0 0sp_226_p5409 n.d. 0 0 sp_226_5637 n.d. 0 0 sp_226_p7030 n.d. 0 0sp_880_p1087 n.d. 0 0 sp_880_2581 0 0 4 sp_880_2708 29 0 92 sp_880_335711874 2 0 sp_880_p4620 0 0 0 sp_880_p5409 0 0 0 sp_880_5637 0 0 0sp_880_p7030 0 0 0 sp_p997_p1087 n.d. 0 0 sp_p997_2581 0 0 0sp_p997_2708 0 0 0 sp_p997_3357 0 0 0 sp_p997_p4620 0 0 0 sp_p997_p54090 0 0 sp_p997_5637 0 0 0 sp_p997_p7030 0 0 0 sp_1301_2581 0 0 0sp_1301_2708 0 0 0 sp_1301_3357 0 0 0 sp_1301_5637 0 0 0 sp_1301_p4620 00 0 sp_1301_p5409 0 0 0 sp_1301_p7030 0 0 0 sp_p2307_2708 0 0 0sp_p2307_3357 0 0 0 sp_p2307_5637 0 0 0 sp_p2307_p4620 0 0 0sp_p2307_p5409 0 0 0 sp_p2307_p7030 0 0 0 sp_3631_5637 30 0 0sp_3631_p4620 0 0 0 sp_3631_p5409 0 0 0 sp_3631_p7030 0 0 0sp_p5009_p5409 0 0 0 sp_p5009_5637 0 0 0 sp_p5009_p7030 0 0 0 HPV16-fus_880_MYC_001_exon1 0 0 0 human fus_880_MYC_001_exon2 0 0 0fus_880_MYC_001_exon3 0 0 0 fus_880_PVT1_002_exon3 0 0 0fus_880_PVT1_004_exon1 0 0 0 fus_880_PVT1_005_exon1 0 0 0fus_2869_MYC_001_exon1 0 0 0 fus_2869_MYC_001_exon2 0 0 0fus_2869_MYC_001_exon3 0 0 0 fus_2869_PVT1_002_exon3 0 0 0fus_2869_PVT1_004_exon1 0 0 0 fus_2869_PVT1_005_exon1 0 0 0

17.9 Multiplex Amplification and Quantification of HPV16 Transcripts

As a proof of principle, it was seeked to discriminate 47 splicedtranscripts (‘sp_’), 16 unspliced transcripts (‘unsp_’), 3 genomictranscripts (‘gen_’), 12 putative HPV-human fusion transcripts (‘fus_’),plus additional 30 human transcripts, from mono-infected HPV16 samples(samples 610 and 729) and SiHa cells. To ensure amplificationspecificity, the design has been checked for its lack of cross-matchagainst the HPV database in addition to the human genome and transcriptsdatabases. Primers are detailed in Table 10. Reads number following QC,mapping and validation of the splice junction are detailed in Table 12.

17.10 Results: Detection and Quantification of HPV16 and HumanTranscripts

The experiment showed that (i) specific human transcripts, as internaland/or normalization controls, were detected in samples 610, 729 andSiHa with expression levels varying between transcripts and from onesample to another, thus validating the integrity of starting RNAmaterial and the effectiveness of subsequent multiplex amplificationsteps (ii) specific spliced (‘sp_’) and unspliced (‘unsp_’) HPV16transcripts were successfully detected and characterized in samples 610,729 and SiHa, albeit in a variable proportion between samples,supporting the quantitative variations of specific HPV16 transcripts ortranscription events between biological samples, (iii) in particular,sample SiHa exhibited no or rare genomic (‘gen_’), unspliced (‘unsp_’)and spliced (‘sp_’) transcripts reads beyond genomic position 3356,which appeared consistent with the loss of viral late genes followingHPV16 integration into the genome of SiHa cells, and (iv) it thusdemonstrated the capability of the method to accurately differentiatebetween non-replicative, integrative HPV16 infection stages oftenassociated with higher levels of E6/E7 transcripts (in this particularcase sp_226_409, sp_226_526 and sp_226_742, see Table 12), from otheranterior, HPV16-induced transformation and/or proliferation steps whichusually imply transcription of the E2 and/or L1 and/or L2 genes (see asan example sp_880_3357 in Table 12). Consequently, specific HPV16spliced transcripts and/or HPV16 unspliced transcripts and/or HPV16genomic transcripts and/or HPV16-human fusion transcripts can beweighted to compute a score, or score ratio, discriminating differentstages of interaction of HPV16 with infected cells, in particular theearly vs late stages of HPV16 cycle, and/or the integrative vs nonintegrative forms of the HPV16 genome into infected cells, which areevents associated to cell transformation. More generally, these resultssuggest that the method can be extended and applied to all HR αHPV.

17.11 Examples of R Scores

These observations reinforce the possibly to define a score, referred toas R score, based on specific HPV transcripts counts as a molecularmarker of any individual HPV-positive samples. From this perspective,either one value or a combination of more than one ratio(s) could beused as a marker of the viral-cell interactions that shapes thetransformation process. A non-restrictive list of R scores is given inTable 13 in order to illustrate several possible combinations based onspecific HPV16 transcripts.

TABLE 13 Examples of R scores R scores (examples) 610 729 SiHasp_226_409/sp_880_2708 n.d. +∞ 9.83 sp_880_2581/sp_3631_5637 0 n.a. +∞sp_880_2708/sp_3631_5637 0.96 n.a. +∞ sp_880_3357/sp_3631_5637 395.8 +∞n.a. unsp_741_742/unsp_p5009_5010 1.29 2 +∞

As an example, R scores based on a ratio sp_226_409/sp_880_2708 and/orsp_880_2581/sp_3631_5637 and/or sp_880_2708/sp_3631_5637 and/orsp_880_3357/sp_3631_5637 and/or unsp_741_742/unsp_p5009_5010 succeededin generating high score values (e.g.: +∞) that are associated withnon—or lowly—productive HPV cycles typical of transformed cells. Ofnote, weighting coefficients such as α(sp_226_409/sp_880_2708) and/orβ(sp_880_2581/sp_3631_5637) and/or γ(sp_880_2708/sp_3631_5637) and/orδ(sp_880_3357/sp_3631_5637) and/or ε(unsp_741_742/unsp_p5009_5010) canbe added as parameters, independently, in order to better discriminate,for instance, low risk and high risk lesions.

17.12 Extension of the Method to the HR αHPV Group

The method was extended to the entire HR αHPV group (i.e.: HPV16, 18,31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 66, 68, 73 and 82) based on thetranscription map described in FIG. 7. Primers resulting from thisimproved design are listed in Table 14.

TABLE 14 Primer pairs for HR αHPV group and human transcripts Virus SEQSEQ ID name Transcript targeted Forward primer (5′-3′) ID NO. Reverseprimer (5′-3′) NO. HVP16 16_fus_2869_PVT1_005_exon1AGTACAGACCTACGTGACCATATAGAC 377 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 378 HVP1616_sp_1301_2581 GCGGGTATGGCAATACTGAAGT 379 GTTTTCGTCAAATGGAAACTCAT 380TAGGA HVP16 16_sp_226_742 CACAGAGCTGCAAACAACTATACAT 381CCATTAACAGGTCTTCCAAAGTA 382 CGA HVP16 16_unsp_525_526 CGGTGGACCGGTCGATG383 TCAGTTGTCTCTGGTTGCAAATCT 384 HVP16 16_unsp_1301_1302GCGGGTATGGCAATACTGAAGT 385 TGGTGTTTGGCATATAGTGTGTC 386 TTT HVP1616_sp_880_2581 GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT 387 GTTTTCGTCAAATGGAAACTCAT 388TAGGA HVP16 16_fus_2869_MYC_001_exon2 AGTACAGACCTACGTGACCATATAGAC 389AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 390 HVP16 16_fus_3619_PVT1_005_exon1GCTCACACAAAGGACGGATTAAC 391 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 392 HVP1616_fus_880_PVT1_005_exon1 GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT 393 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT394 HVP16 16_unsp_226_227 CACAGAGCTGCAAACAACTATACAT 395CACATACAGCATATGGATTCCCA 396 TCTC HVP16 16_sp_226_409CACAGAGCTGCAAACAACTATACAT 397 TGTCCAGATGTCTTTGCTTTTCTT 398 CA HVP1616_sp_880_3357 GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT 399 AAGGCGACGGCTTTGGTAT 400 HVP1616_unsp_2580_2581 GGATGTAAAGCATAGACCATTGGTACA 401GTTTTCGTCAAATGGAAACTCAT 402 TAGGA HVP16 16_fus_2869_MYC_001_exon3AGTACAGACCTACGTGACCATATAGAC 403 GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 404 HVP1616_fus_2869_PVT1_002_exon3 AGTACAGACCTACGTGACCATATAGAC 405ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 406 HVP16 16_unsp_3631_3632GCTCACACAAAGGACGGATTAAC 407 CCAATGCCATGTAGACGACACT 408 HVP1616_fus_3619_PVT1_004_exon1 GCTCACACAAAGGACGGATTAAC 409CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 410 HVP16 16_fus_880_MYC_001_exon3GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT 411 GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 412 HVP1616_sp_226_2581 CACAGAGCTGCAAACAACTATACAT 413 GTTTTCGTCAAATGGAAACTCAT 414TAGGA HVP16 16_sp_1301_2708 GCGGGTATGGCAATACTGAAGT 415TGACACACATTTAAACGTTGGCA 416 AAG HVP16 16_fus_880_PVT1_002_exon3GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT 417 ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 418 HVP1616_sp_3631_5637 GCTCACACAAAGGACGGATTAAC 419 ATCCGTGCTTACAACCTTAGATA 420CTG HVP16 16_unsp_3356_3357 CATGCGGGTGGTCAGGTAA 421 AAGGCGACGGCTTTGGTAT422 HVP16 16_unsp_5636_5637 CCTATAGTTCCAGGGTCTCCACAA 423ATCCGTGCTTACAACCTTAGATA 424 CTG HVP16 16_fus_880_PVT1_004_exon1GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT 425 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 426 HVP1616_fus_2869_MYC_001_exon1 AGTACAGACCTACGTGACCATATAGAC 427CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 428 HVP16 16_unsp_2707_2708CGGAAATCCAGTGTATGAGCTTAATGAT 429 TGACACACATTTAAACGTTGGCA 430 AAG HVP1616_sp_226_3357 CACAGAGCTGCAAACAACTATACAT 431 AAGGCGACGGCTTTGGTAT 432HVP16 16_fus_3619_MYC_001_exon1 GCTCACACAAAGGACGGATTAAC 433CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 434 HVP16 16_sp_1301_3357 GCGGGTATGGCAATACTGAAGT 435AAGGCGACGGCTTTGGTAT 436 HVP16 16_sp_880_5637 GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT 437ATCCGTGCTTACAACCTTAGATA 438 CTG HVP16 16_unsp_741_742CTCAGAGGAGGAGGATGAAATAGATG 439 CCATTAACAGGTCTTCCAAAGTA 440 CGA HVP1616_fus_880_MYC_001_exon2 GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT 441 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT442 HVP16 16_fus_3619_MYC_001_exon3 GCTCACACAAAGGACGGATTAAC 443GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 444 HVP16 16_fus_880_MYC_001_exon1GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT 445 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 446 HVP16 16_unsp_408_409GGAACAACATTAGAACAGCAATACAACA 447 TGTCCAGATGTCTTTGCTTTTCTT 448 CA HVP1616_unsp_880_881 GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT 449 CATCCATTACATCCCGTACCCT 450HVP16 16_fus_3619_PVT1_002_exon3 GCTCACACAAAGGACGGATTAAC 451ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 452 HVP16 16_sp_226_2708CACAGAGCTGCAAACAACTATACAT 453 TGACACACATTTAAACGTTGGCA 454 AAG HVP1616_sp_880_2708 GGAATTGTGTGCCCCATCTGT 455 TGACACACATTTAAACGTTGGCA 456 AAGHVP16 16_fus_3619_MYC_001_exon2 GCTCACACAAAGGACGGATTAAC 457AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 458 HVP16 16_sp_226_526 CACAGAGCTGCAAACAACTATACAT459 TCAGTTGTCTCTGGTTGCAAATCT 460 HVP16 16_fus_2869_PVT1_004_exon1AGTACAGACCTACGTGACCATATAGAC 461 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 462 HVP1616_gen_3881_4212 CGTGCTTTTTGCTTTGCTTTGT 463 GAGGCTGCTGTTATCCACAATA 464GTAAT HVP16 16_gen_5887_7259 CCTGTGTAGGTGTTGAGGTAGGT 465TCTATTATCCACACCTGCATTTGCT 466 HVP16 16_gen_1551_2331AACGTGTTGCGATTGGTGTATTG 467 CATTCCCCATGAACATGCTAAAC 468 TTTG HVP1616_gen_7266_7904 CCAGGCCCATTTTGTAGCTT 469 AGGTCAGGAAAACAGGGATTTGG 470HVP18 18_unsp_2650_2651 CTAAAATGTCCTCCAATACTACTAACCA 471GTCATTTATTTCATATACTGGATT 472 CAA GCCA HVP18 18_sp_929_2651TGCATCCCAGCAGTAAGCAA 473 GTCATTTATTTCATATACTGGATT 474 GCCA HVP1818_unsp_3165_3166 GGATTGGACACTGCAAGACACA 475 CCCATGCTACATAGGTCATACAA 476TTGTC HVP18 18_sp_3165_3465 GGATTGGACACTGCAAGACACA 477ACGTCTGGCCGTAGGTCT 478 HVP18 18_unsp_790_791 CAGAGGAAGAAAACGATGAAATAGAT479 AGAAACAGCTGCTGGAATGCT 480 GG HVP18 18_unsp_5612_5613TCCTAAGAAACGTAAACGTGTTCCC 481 GTATTTACAACTCTTGCCACAGA 482 AGGA HVP1818_sp_1357_2651 TCAGATAGTGGCTATGGCTGTTCT 483 GTCATTTATTTCATATACTGGATT484 GCCA HVP18 18_fus_3684_MYC_001_exon3 CAGCTACACCTACAGGCAACAA 485GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 486 HVP18 18_fus_2943_MYC_001_exon2AATGACAGTAAAGACATAGACAGCCAAA 487 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 488 HVP1818_sp_233_3465 TTCACTGCAAGACATAGAAATAACCTGT 489 ACGTCTGGCCGTAGGTCT 490HVP18 18_fus_3684_PVT1_002_exon3 CAGCTACACCTACAGGCAACAA 491ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 492 HVP18 18_sp_1357_2779TCAGATAGTGGCTATGGCTGTTCT 493 GGTTTCCTTCGGTGTCTGCAT 494 HVP1818_sp_3696_5776 CAGCTACACCTACAGGCAACAA 495 TCAGGTAACTGCACCCTAAATAC 496TCTAT HVP18 18_fus_2943_PVT1_004_exon1 AATGACAGTAAAGACATAGACAGCCAAA 497CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 498 HVP18 18_fus_3684_MYC_001_exon2CAGCTACACCTACAGGCAACAA 499 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 500 HVP1818_fus_3684_PVT1_005_exon1 CAGCTACACCTACAGGCAACAA 501 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT502 HVP18 18_unsp_5775_5776 GCATATTTTATCATGCTGGCAGCTCTA 503TCAGGTAACTGCACCCTAAATAC 504 TCTAT HVP18 18_sp_929_5613TGCATCCCAGCAGTAAGCAA 505 GTATTTACAACTCTTGCCACAGA 506 AGGA HVP1818_fus_929_PVT1_005_exon1 TGCATCCCAGCAGTAAGCAA 507 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT508 HVP18 18_fus_2943_PVT1_002_exon3 AATGACAGTAAAGACATAGACAGCCAAA 509ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 510 HVP18 18_sp_1357_3465TCAGATAGTGGCTATGGCTGTTCT 511 ACGTCTGGCCGTAGGTCT 512 HVP1818_fus_929_MYC_001_exon2 TGCATCCCAGCAGTAAGCAA 513 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT514 HVP18 18_fus_929_MYC_001_exon1 TGCATCCCAGCAGTAAGCAA 515CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 516 HVP18 18_fus_2943_PVT1_005_exon1AATGACAGTAAAGACATAGACAGCCAAA 517 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 518 HVP1818_fus_2943_MYC_001_exon3 AATGACAGTAAAGACATAGACAGCCAAA 519GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 520 HVP18 18_sp_233_416TTCACTGCAAGACATAGAAATAACCTGT 521 CCCAGCTATGTTGTGAAATCGT 522 HVP1818_fus_929_PVT1_004_exon1 TGCATCCCAGCAGTAAGCAA 523 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT524 HVP18 18_unsp_1357_1358 TCAGATAGTGGCTATGGCTGTTCT 525CCGTTGTCTATAGCCTCCGT 526 HVP18 18_sp_3696_5613 CAGCTACACCTACAGGCAACAA527 GTATTTACAACTCTTGCCACAGA 528 AGGA HVP18 18_sp_929_2779TGCATCCCAGCAGTAAGCAA 529 GGTTTCCTTCGGTGTCTGCAT 530 HVP18 18_sp_929_3465TGCATCCCAGCAGTAAGCAA 531 ACGTCTGGCCGTAGGTCT 532 HVP18 18_unsp_233_234TTCACTGCAAGACATAGAAATAACCTGT 533 CTATACATTTATGGCATGCAGCA 534 TGG HVP1818_unsp_415_416 TCAGACTCTGTGTATGGAGACACAT 535 CCCAGCTATGTTGTGAAATCGT 536HVP18 18_fus_2943_MYC_001_exon1 AATGACAGTAAAGACATAGACAGCCAAA 537CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 538 HVP18 18_fus_929_MYC_001_exon3TGCATCCCAGCAGTAAGCAA 539 GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 540 HVP1818_sp_233_791 TTCACTGCAAGACATAGAAATAACCTGT 541 AGAAACAGCTGCTGGAATGCT 542HVP18 18_fus_3684_PVT1_004_exon1 CAGCTACACCTACAGGCAACAA 543CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 544 HVP18 18_sp_929_5776 TGCATCCCAGCAGTAAGCAA 545TCAGGTAACTGCACCCTAAATAC 546 TCTAT HVP18 18_fus_929_PVT1_002_exon3TGCATCCCAGCAGTAAGCAA 547 ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 548 HVP18 18_sp_233_2779TTCACTGCAAGACATAGAAATAACCTGT 549 GGTTTCCTTCGGTGTCTGCAT 550 HVP1818_sp_233_2651 TTCACTGCAAGACATAGAAATAACCTGT 551 GTCATTTATTTCATATACTGGATT552 GCCA HVP18 18_fus_3684_MYC_001_exon1 CAGCTACACCTACAGGCAACAA 553CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 554 HVP18 18_unsp_929_930 TGCATCCCAGCAGTAAGCAA 555CTCGTCATCTGATATTACATCTCC 556 TGTT HVP18 18_sp_3786_5776CGAAAACATAGCGACCACTATAGAGAT 557 TCAGGTAACTGCACCCTAAATAC 558 TCTAT HVP1818_unsp_3464_3465 TGACGACACGGTATCCGCTA 559 ACGTCTGGCCGTAGGTCT 560 HVP1818_unsp_3786_3787 CGAAAACATAGCGACCACTATAGAGAT 561TTGTACACTATCTGGAATTGCAA 562 CAGT HVP18 18_unsp_3696_3697CAGCTACACCTACAGGCAACAA 563 GTCGCTATGTTTTCGCAATCTGTA 564 HVP1818_gen_1607_2401 TGGAGTAAACCCAACAATAGCAGAAG 565 CATTTGTAACGCAACAGGGCTA566 AT HVP18 18_sp_3786_5613 CGAAAACATAGCGACCACTATAGAGAT 567GTATTTACAACTCTTGCCACAGA 568 AGGA HVP18 18_gen_7284_7857CGCCCTAGTGAGTAACAACTGTATTT 569 GGAGGATTGTAGGATAAAATGG 570 ATGCT HVP1818_gen_6026_7277 GAGGACGTTAGGGACAATGTGT 571 CCCTGTGATAAAGGACGCGATTT 572HVP18 18_gen_3946_4234 CGTATGCATGGGTATTGGTATTTGTG 573CATGTATATGCAATAGTAACATG 574 GGCAA HVP31 31_unsp_5551_5552GCCACAAGTGTCTATTTTTGTTGATG 575 TTTAGACACTGGGACAGGTGGTA 576 HVP3131_unsp_739_740 CAGATGAGGAGGATGTCATAGACAGT 577 CATTAACAGCTCTTGCAATATGC578 GAATA HVP31 31_fus_3578_MYC_001_exon3 CAGCTGCATGCACAAACCA 579GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 580 HVP31 31_fus_2807_MYC_001_exon2CAACGTTTAAATGTGTGTCAGGACAAA 581 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 582 HVP3131_fus_2807_PVT1_004_exon1 CAACGTTTAAATGTGTGTCAGGACAAA 583CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 584 HVP31 31_fus_3578_PVT1_004_exon1CAGCTGCATGCACAAACCA 585 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 586 HVP31 31_sp_3590_5552CAGCTGCATGCACAAACCA 587 TTTAGACACTGGGACAGGTGGTA 588 HVP3131_fus_2807_PVT1_002_exon3 CAACGTTTAAATGTGTGTCAGGACAAA 589ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 590 HVP31 31_unsp_1296_1297GCGGGTATGGCAATACTGAAGT 591 TGGAGTTTCATTCTCTCGTTCACT 592 ATG HVP3131_sp_1296_2646 GCGGGTATGGCAATACTGAAGT 593 CGTTGAGAAAGAGTCTCCATCG 594TTTT HVP31 31_sp_230_3295 CGGCATTGGAAATACCCTACGAT 595GAATTCGATGTGGTGGTGTTGTTG 596 HVP31 31_fus_2807_MYC_001_exon1CAACGTTTAAATGTGTGTCAGGACAAA 597 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 598 HVP3131_sp_230_740 CGGCATTGGAAATACCCTACGAT 599 CATTAACAGCTCTTGCAATATGC 600GAATA HVP31 31_fus_2807_MYC_001_exon3 CAACGTTTAAATGTGTGTCAGGACAAA 601GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 602 HVP31 31_fus_877_PVT1_004_exon1AATCGTGTGCCCCAACTGT 603 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 604 HVP3131_unsp_2645_2646 CTGGTGGTTTTTACATTTCCAAATCCAT 605CGTTGAGAAAGAGTCTCCATCG 606 TTTT HVP31 31_sp_877_5552 AATCGTGTGCCCCAACTGT607 TTTAGACACTGGGACAGGTGGTA 608 HVP31 31_sp_230_413CGGCATTGGAAATACCCTACGAT 609 TTTTCTTCTGGACACAACGGTCTT 610 HVP3131_sp_1296_2518 GCGGGTATGGCAATACTGAAGT 611 AATGTAAAAACCACCAGTCTGCT 612ATGTA HVP31 31_sp_230_2646 CGGCATTGGAAATACCCTACGAT 613CGTTGAGAAAGAGTCTCCATCG 614 TTTT HVP31 31_sp_877_2518 AATCGTGTGCCCCAACTGT615 AATGTAAAAACCACCAGTCTGCT 616 ATGTA HVP31 31_fus_3578_PVT1_005_exon1CAGCTGCATGCACAAACCA 617 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 618 HVP31 31_unsp_230_231CGGCATTGGAAATACCCTACGAT 619 TCTTAAACATTTTGTACACACTCC 620 GTGT HVP3131_fus_3578_MYC_001_exon2 CAGCTGCATGCACAAACCA 621 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT622 HVP31 31_fus_877_PVT1_002_exon3 AATCGTGTGCCCCAACTGT 623ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 624 HVP31 31_fus_877_MYC_001_exon1AATCGTGTGCCCCAACTGT 625 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 626 HVP31 31_unsp_877_878AATCGTGTGCCCCAACTGT 627 CCCCTGTCTGTCTGTCAATTACTG 628 HVP3131_sp_877_2646 AATCGTGTGCCCCAACTGT 629 CGTTGAGAAAGAGTCTCCATCG 630 TTTTHVP31 31_unsp_3590_3591 CAGCTGCATGCACAAACCA 631 GCCATGTAGATGACACTTGTTCA632 TACAA HVP31 31_sp_230_530 CGGCATTGGAAATACCCTACGAT 633ACATAGTCTTGCAACGTAGGTGT 634 TT HVP31 31_unsp_412_413GGAACAACATTAGAAAAATTGACAAAC 635 TTTTCTTCTGGACACAACGGTCTT 636 AAAGG HVP3131_sp_230_2518 CGGCATTGGAAATACCCTACGAT 637 AATGTAAAAACCACCAGTCTGCT 638ATGTA HVP31 31_fus_3578_PVT1_002_exon3 CAGCTGCATGCACAAACCA 639ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 640 HVP31 31_fus_877_PVT1_005_exon1AATCGTGTGCCCCAACTGT 641 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 642 HVP31 31_unsp_2517_2518CACTAGATGGCAACCCTGTATCT 643 AATGTAAAAACCACCAGTCTGCT 644 ATGTA HVP3131_sp_877_3295 AATCGTGTGCCCCAACTGT 645 GAATTCGATGTGGTGGTGTTGTTG 646HVP31 31_fus_877_MYC_001_exon3 AATCGTGTGCCCCAACTGT 647GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 648 HVP31 31_unsp_3294_3295 CATGCGGGTGGTCAGGTAA649 GAATTCGATGTGGTGGTGTTGTTG 650 HVP31 31_fus_877_MYC_001_exon2AATCGTGTGCCCCAACTGT 651 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 652 HVP31 31_unsp_529_530GAAACGATTCCACAACATAGGAGGA 653 ACATAGTCTTGCAACGTAGGTGT 654 TT HVP3131_sp_1296_3295 GCGGGTATGGCAATACTGAAGT 655 GAATTCGATGTGGTGGTGTTGTTG 656HVP31 31_fus_3578_MYC_001_exon1 CAGCTGCATGCACAAACCA 657CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 658 HVP31 31_fus_2807_PVT1_005_exon1CAACGTTTAAATGTGTGTCAGGACAAA 659 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 660 HVP3131_gen_7233_7912 TGTGTGTGTTGTGTATGTTGTCCTT 661 CAACTTTTACTATGGCGTGACAC662 CTA HVP31 31_gen_5802_7226 GCTTAGTTTGGGCCTGTGTT 663ACCACCGGCATATCTATTAGAGT 664 TTTC HVP31 31_gen_3840_4137GCATTGTGCTATGCTTTTTGCTTTG 665 ACAACGTAATGGAGAGGTTGCA 666 ATA HVP3131_gen_1546_2268 GTGAAACACCAGAATGGATAGAAAGAC 667 TGCACATGCATTACTATCACTGT668 CA HVP33 33_fus_3577_MYC_001_exon3 ACGTACTGCAACTAACTGCACAA 669GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 670 HVP33 33_fus_3577_PVT1_004_exon1ACGTACTGCAACTAACTGCACAA 671 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 672 HVP3333_sp_1316_3351 GATGAGCTAGAAGACAGCGGATATG 673 GTGGTGGTCGGTTATCGTTGT 674HVP33 33_unsp_894_895 GTGCCCTACCTGTGCACAA 675 TTCTTCTCTCTATGACTGCTTCTA676 CCT HVP33 33_unsp_2574_2575 TGTGAAACATAGGGCATTAGTGCAATTA 677CATACACTGGGTTACCATTTTCA 678 TCAAA HVP33 33_fus_894_PVT1_002_exon3GTGCCCTACCTGTGCACAA 679 ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 680 HVP3333_fus_894_MYC_001_exon1 GTGCCCTACCTGTGCACAA 681 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 682HVP33 33_sp_3589_5594 ACGTACTGCAACTAACTGCACAA 683ATCAGTGCTGACAACTTTAGATA 684 CAGG HVP33 33_fus_3577_PVT1_005_exon1ACGTACTGCAACTAACTGCACAA 685 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 686 HVP33 33_sp_231_531AGCATTGGAGACAACTATACACAACATT 687 CATATTCCTTTAACGTTGGCTTG 688 TGT HVP3333_unsp_413_414 ATTCTGTATATGGAAATACATTAGAACA 689 TCGTTTGTTTAAATCCACATGTC690 AACAG GTTTT HVP33 33_fus_3577_MYC_001_exon1 ACGTACTGCAACTAACTGCACAA691 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 692 HVP33 33_fus_3577_MYC_001_exon2ACGTACTGCAACTAACTGCACAA 693 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 694 HVP33 33_sp_231_414AGCATTGGAGACAACTATACACAACATT 695 TCGTTTGTTTAAATCCACATGTC 696 GTTTT HVP3333_fus_2863_MYC_001_exon1 GTGCAGGAGAAAATACTAGATCTTTAC 697CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 698 GA HVP33 33_unsp_1316_1317GATGAGCTAGAAGACAGCGGATATG 699 CATCCCCCACCCCACTAGAT 700 HVP3333_fus_3577_PVT1_002_exon3 ACGTACTGCAACTAACTGCACAA 701ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 702 HVP33 33_fus_2863_PVT1_002_exon3GTGCAGGAGAAAATACTAGATCTTTAC 703 ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 704 GA HVP3333_unsp_231_232 AGCATTGGAGACAACTATACACAACATT 705 CGCAAACACAGTTTACATATTCC706 AAATG HVP33 33_fus_894_PVT1_005_exon1 GTGCCCTACCTGTGCACAA 707TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 708 HVP33 33_fus_894_MYC_001_exon2GTGCCCTACCTGTGCACAA 709 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 710 HVP3333_fus_2863_MYC_001_exon3 GTGCAGGAGAAAATACTAGATCTTTAC 711GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 712 GA HVP33 33_sp_231_2575AGCATTGGAGACAACTATACACAACATT 713 CATACACTGGGTTACCATTTTCA 714 TCAAA HVP3333_fus_2863_PVT1_004_exon1 GTGCAGGAGAAAATACTAGATCTTTAC 715CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 716 GA HVP33 33_sp_894_2702 GTGCCCTACCTGTGCACAA717 TGATATTTCCTCCATGGTTTTCCT 718 TGTC HVP33 33_sp_231_3351AGCATTGGAGACAACTATACACAACATT 719 GTGGTGGTCGGTTATCGTTGT 720 HVP3333_sp_1316_2575 GATGAGCTAGAAGACAGCGGATATG 721 CATACACTGGGTTACCATTTTCA722 TCAAA HVP33 33_fus_894_MYC_001_exon3 GTGCCCTACCTGTGCACAA 723GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 724 HVP33 33_fus_2863_PVT1_005_exon1GTGCAGGAGAAAATACTAGATCTTTAC 725 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 726 GA HVP3333_sp_894_3351 GTGCCCTACCTGTGCACAA 727 GTGGTGGTCGGTTATCGTTGT 728 HVP3333_fus_894_PVT1_004_exon1 GTGCCCTACCTGTGCACAA 729 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT730 HVP33 33_fus_2863_MYC_001_exon2 GTGCAGGAGAAAATACTAGATCTTTAC 731AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 732 GA HVP33 33_sp_1316_2702GATGAGCTAGAAGACAGCGGATATG 733 TGATATTTCCTCCATGGTTTTCCT 734 TGTC HVP3333_unsp_3350_3351 GGATGCTGCAAAGTATTCTAAAACACAA 735 GTGGTGGTCGGTTATCGTTGT736 HVP33 33_unsp_530_531 CGATTTCATAATATTTCGGGTCGTTGG 737CATATTCCTTTAACGTTGGCTTG 738 TGT HVP33 33_sp_894_5594 GTGCCCTACCTGTGCACAA739 ATCAGTGCTGACAACTTTAGATA 740 CAGG HVP33 33_unsp_3589_3590ACGTACTGCAACTAACTGCACAA 741 GCCAGGTGGATGACATAGAACT 742 ATACA HVP3333_unsp_5593_5594 TTGTTGTAGACGGTGCTGACTTT 743 ATCAGTGCTGACAACTTTAGATA744 CAGG HVP33 33_sp_894_2575 GTGCCCTACCTGTGCACAA 745CATACACTGGGTTACCATTTTCA 746 TCAAA HVP33 33_sp_231_2702AGCATTGGAGACAACTATACACAACATT 747 TGATATTTCCTCCATGGTTTTCCT 748 TGTC HVP3333_gen_3839_4175 CCATTTCTACCTATGCTTGGTTGCT 749 GTTGTGTCATATGCTGTGCATGA750 AA HVP33 33_gen_7292_7909 CTTGCCCTACCCTGCATTG 751CGGTTAGGCATACAAAATGGAG 752 GAAAT HVP33 33_gen_1566_2325CGGAGCCAAACATGTGCATTG 753 CGTTATCATATGCCCACTGTACC 754 ATT HVP3333_gen_5844_7285 CATGTGTAGGCCTTGAAATAGGTAGAG 755 CCTATTATCAGCACCCGGTTGT756 HVP35 35_unsp_232_233 CGAGGTAGAAGAAAGCATCCATGAAAT 757CATACTCCATATGGCTGGCCTTC 758 HVP35 35_unsp_3596_3597TCTACATCTGACTGCACAAACAAAGA 759 CCATCTCCATGTAGATGAAGCAT 760 CTTG HVP3535_sp_232_2670 CGAGGTAGAAGAAAGCATCCATGAAAT 761 GGAAAGCGTCTCCATCATTTTCT762 TTG HVP35 35_fus_2831_MYC_001_exon3 ATTACGAGACTGATAGCACATGTTTGT 763GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 764 HVP35 35_fus_3584_MYC_001_exon3TCTACATCTGACTGCACAAACAAAGA 765 GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 766 HVP3535_fus_883_MYC_001_exon2 CGGCTGTTCACAGAGAGCATAAT 767 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT768 HVP35 35_fus_2831_PVT1_004_exon1 ATTACGAGACTGATAGCACATGTTTGT 769CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 770 HVP35 35_unsp_5600_5601GGGTGACTTTTATTTACACCCTAGTT 771 CATCAGTGCTAACAACCTTAGAC 772 ACT HVP3535_fus_2831_PVT1_005_exon1 ATTACGAGACTGATAGCACATGTTTGT 773TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 774 HVP35 35_sp_3596_5601 TCTACATCTGACTGCACAAACAAAGA775 CATCAGTGCTAACAACCTTAGAC 776 ACT HVP35 35_sp_883_2670CGGCTGTTCACAGAGAGCATAAT 777 GGAAAGCGTCTCCATCATTTTCT 778 TTG HVP3535_unsp_883_884 CGGCTGTTCACAGAGAGCATAAT 779 CCCGTACGTCTACTAACTACTGC 780TT HVP35 35_fus_2831_PVT1_002_exon3 ATTACGAGACTGATAGCACATGTTTGT 781ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 782 HVP35 35_fus_883_MYC_001_exon3CGGCTGTTCACAGAGAGCATAAT 783 GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 784 HVP3535_sp_883_5601 CGGCTGTTCACAGAGAGCATAAT 785 CATCAGTGCTAACAACCTTAGAC 786ACT HVP35 35_fus_883_MYC_001_exon1 CGGCTGTTCACAGAGAGCATAAT 787CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 788 HVP35 35_fus_3584_PVT1_005_exon1TCTACATCTGACTGCACAAACAAAGA 789 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 790 HVP3535_fus_2831_MYC_001_exon2 ATTACGAGACTGATAGCACATGTTTGT 791AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 792 HVP35 35_sp_232_2543 CGAGGTAGAAGAAAGCATCCATGAAAT793 TCATTGTGAAATGTAAAGACCAC 794 TACCC HVP35 35_fus_2831_MYC_001_exon1ATTACGAGACTGATAGCACATGTTTGT 795 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 796 HVP3535_unsp_5766_5767 CATCTACTATCATGCAGGCAGTTCT 797 ACTCTGTATTGCAAACCAGATAC798 CTTG HVP35 35_unsp_2669_2670 GGAAACCCAGTGTATGGGCTTAAT 799GGAAAGCGTCTCCATCATTTTCT 800 TTG HVP35 35_fus_883_PVT1_002_exon3CGGCTGTTCACAGAGAGCATAAT 801 ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 802 HVP3535_fus_3584_PVT1_004_exon1 TCTACATCTGACTGCACAAACAAAGA 803CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 804 HVP35 35_fus_3584_PVT1_002_exon3TCTACATCTGACTGCACAAACAAAGA 805 ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 806 HVP3535_fus_883_PVT1_005_exon1 CGGCTGTTCACAGAGAGCATAAT 807 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT808 HVP35 35_fus_3584_MYC_001_exon1 TCTACATCTGACTGCACAAACAAAGA 809CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 810 HVP35 35_sp_883_3319 CGGCTGTTCACAGAGAGCATAAT 811GCTTTGGTATGGGTCTCGGT 812 HVP35 35_sp_1305_3319ATTATTTGAACTACCAGACAGCGGTT 813 GCTTTGGTATGGGTCTCGGT 814 HVP3535_sp_883_2543 CGGCTGTTCACAGAGAGCATAAT 815 TCATTGTGAAATGTAAAGACCAC 816TACCC HVP35 35_sp_1305_2670 ATTATTTGAACTACCAGACAGCGGTT 817GGAAAGCGTCTCCATCATTTTCT 818 TTG HVP35 35_sp_232_415CGAGGTAGAAGAAAGCATCCATGAAAT 819 TCCACCGATGTTATGGAATCGTT 820 TT HVP3535_fus_3584_MYC_001_exon2 TCTACATCTGACTGCACAAACAAAGA 821AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 822 HVP35 35_fus_883_PVT1_004_exon1CGGCTGTTCACAGAGAGCATAAT 823 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 824 HVP3535_unsp_414_415 GGAGAAACGTTAGAAAAACAATGCAACA 825 TCCACCGATGTTATGGAATCGTT826 TT HVP35 35_sp_232_3319 CGAGGTAGAAGAAAGCATCCATGAAAT 827GCTTTGGTATGGGTCTCGGT 828 HVP35 35_unsp_1305_1306ATTATTTGAACTACCAGACAGCGGTT 829 GCTACTAGAGGTTATACTATCCC 830 CACT HVP3535_sp_883_5767 CGGCTGTTCACAGAGAGCATAAT 831 ACTCTGTATTGCAAACCAGATAC 832CTTG HVP35 35_sp_1305_2543 ATTATTTGAACTACCAGACAGCGGTT 833TCATTGTGAAATGTAAAGACCAC 834 TACCC HVP35 35_unsp_2542_2543CATTAGTGCAATTAAAATGCCCACCTT 835 TCATTGTGAAATGTAAAGACCAC 836 TACCC HVP3535_sp_3596_5767 TCTACATCTGACTGCACAAACAAAGA 837 ACTCTGTATTGCAAACCAGATAC838 CTTG HVP35 35_unsp_3318_3319 AAAATATATGGGAAGTGCATGTGGGT 839GCTTTGGTATGGGTCTCGGT 840 HVP35 35_gen_3846_4185CGTTCGCTATTGCTATCTGTGTCATTA 841 GCCAAATATTGTGCATGAGCGTT 842 AATC HVP3535_gen_7293_7879 AACATTCCTACCTCAGCAGAACAC 843 TGGGTGGACCACAAGTATGAAAA844 HVP35 35_gen_6017_7286 GGTACAGATAACAGGGAATGCATTTCT 845GACATTCTCCTGCTTTTACCTGG 846 TTA HVP35 35_gen_1555_2293GCTATGTATTTCAGCTGCAAGTATGCT 847 CATTCTGGTGTTTCTCCATCAAC 848 CT HVP3939_sp_943_2636 CGTGGTGTGCAACTGCAA 849 CTGTTTTGGTCAAATGGAAATGC 850 ATTAGHVP39 39_unsp_5642_5643 GCAATAACCATTCAGGGTTCCAATT 851AGTATTGACAACCTTCGCCACA 852 HVP39 39_unsp_1368_1369 GGTGTATTCCGTGCCAGACA853 GTACACTGCCGCCATGTTC 854 HVP39 39_sp_1368_3424 GGTGTATTCCGTGCCAGACA855 GGTCGCGGTGGTGTTTGATAA 856 HVP39 39_sp_235_2636CACCACCTTGCAGGACATTACAATA 857 CTGTTTTGGTCAAATGGAAATGC 858 ATTAG HVP3939_fus_3677_PVT1_004_exon1 CACAGTAACAGTACAGGCCACA 859CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 860 HVP39 39_fus_3677_PVT1_002_exon3CACAGTAACAGTACAGGCCACA 861 ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 862 HVP3939_unsp_801_802 CATGCAGTTAATCACCAACATCAACT 863 TGCTGTAGTTGTCGCAGAGTATC864 HVP39 39_sp_235_418 CACCACCTTGCAGGACATTACAATA 865CTGTCCTGTATAGCTTCCTGCTA 866 TTTT HVP39 39_unsp_943_944CGTGGTGTGCAACTGCAA 867 CACTGTGTCGCCTGTTTGTTTAT 868 HVP3939_fus_943_MYC_001_exon2 CGTGGTGTGCAACTGCAA 869 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 870HVP39 39_unsp_2635_2636 ATTAGATGGGTATGCAATAAGTTTAGA 871CTGTTTTGGTCAAATGGAAATGC 872 TAGG ATTAG HVP39 39_fus_2927_MYC_001_exon2ACAACGTTTAAATGTGTTACAGGACA 873 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 874 HVP3939_fus_2927_PVT1_002_exon3 ACAACGTTTAAATGTGTTACAGGACA 875ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 876 HVP39 39_fus_943_PVT1_002_exon3CGTGGTGTGCAACTGCAA 877 ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 878 HVP3939_fus_943_PVT1_005_exon1 CGTGGTGTGCAACTGCAA 879 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 880HVP39 39_fus_943_MYC_001_exon3 CGTGGTGTGCAACTGCAA 881GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 882 HVP39 39_fus_2927_PVT1_005_exon1ACAACGTTTAAATGTGTTACAGGACA 883 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 884 HVP3939_fus_943_MYC_001_exon1 CGTGGTGTGCAACTGCAA 885 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 886HVP39 39_sp_943_5643 CGTGGTGTGCAACTGCAA 887 AGTATTGACAACCTTCGCCACA 888HVP39 39_unsp_3689_3690 CACAGTAACAGTACAGGCCACA 889CGTATCCAATGCCAGGTACATG 890 AAA HVP39 39_sp_3689_5643CACAGTAACAGTACAGGCCACA 891 AGTATTGACAACCTTCGCCACA 892 HVP3939_fus_3677_PVT1_005_exon1 CACAGTAACAGTACAGGCCACA 893 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT894 HVP39 39_unsp_417_418 CTCGGACTCGGTGTATGCAA 895CTGTCCTGTATAGCTTCCTGCTA 896 TTTT HVP39 39_fus_943_PVT1_004_exon1CGTGGTGTGCAACTGCAA 897 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 898 HVP39 39_sp_943_3424CGTGGTGTGCAACTGCAA 899 GGTCGCGGTGGTGTTTGATAA 900 HVP39 39_unsp_235_236CACCACCTTGCAGGACATTACAATA 901 GATTGGCATGCAGCTAGTGG 902 HVP3939_sp_235_802 CACCACCTTGCAGGACATTACAATA 903 TGCTGTAGTTGTCGCAGAGTATC 904HVP39 39_fus_2927_MYC_001_exon3 ACAACGTTTAAATGTGTTACAGGACA 905GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 906 HVP39 39_fus_2927_MYC_001_exon1ACAACGTTTAAATGTGTTACAGGACA 907 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 908 HVP3939_fus_3677_MYC_001_exon2 CACAGTAACAGTACAGGCCACA 909 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT910 HVP39 39_sp_1368_2636 GGTGTATTCCGTGCCAGACA 911CTGTTTTGGTCAAATGGAAATGC 912 ATTAG HVP39 39_fus_3677_MYC_001_exon1CACAGTAACAGTACAGGCCACA 913 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 914 HVP3939_fus_2927_PVT1_004_exon1 ACAACGTTTAAATGTGTTACAGGACA 915CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 916 HVP39 39_fus_3677_MYC_001_exon3CACAGTAACAGTACAGGCCACA 917 GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 918 HVP3939_sp_235_3424 CACCACCTTGCAGGACATTACAATA 919 GGTCGCGGTGGTGTTTGATAA 920HVP39 39_gen_3939_4242 TTGGTGTGGTTTGGTGTGTGTATAT 921CTCCAATGGTGTGGTACGTATAA 922 GAA HVP39 39_gen_7267_7833CATTTTGTGGCGACCGAAGT 923 CCTGGACAGGATGATGAGTAAT 924 AAGG HVP3939_gen_1618_2386 AGGGTTACTGTAGGAAAGGGATTAAGT 925 CGTATCCCCTGTTACCACACTAA926 TATTG HVP39 39_gen_5893_7260 CCAGCCATTGGGTGTTGGTA 927GCCTATAATGCACAACTGTGTCT 928 GTT HVP45 45_fus_929_MYC_001_exon3AGCACCTTGTCCTTTGTGTGT 929 GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 930 HVP4545_fus_2901_PVT1_004_exon1 CGTTACAGGACAAAATACTAGACCACTA 931CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 932 HVP45 45_sp_929_2610 AGCACCTTGTCCTTTGTGTGT 933GAAATGCATGTGGAAATGTAAA 934 TACCGT HVP45 45_fus_3648_MYC_001_exon2TCCTGTGTTCAAGTACAAGTAACAACAA 935 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 936 HVP4545_sp_1357_2610 TCAGATAGTGGCTATGGCTGTTCT 937 GAAATGCATGTGGAAATGTAAA 938TACCGT HVP45 45_fus_3648_MYC_001_exon3 TCCTGTGTTCAAGTACAAGTAACAACAA 939GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 940 HVP45 45_sp_230_791CTACAAGACGTATCTATTGCCTGTGT 941 TCAAAAACAGCTGCTGTAGTGTT 942 CT HVP4545_sp_929_3423 AGCACCTTGTCCTTTGTGTGT 943 CCCACGGATGCGGTTTTG 944 HVP4545_unsp_412_413 AAACTCTGTATATGGAGAGACACTGGA 945 CGTTTGTCCTTAAGGTGTCTACG946 TTTT HVP45 45_sp_230_413 CTACAAGACGTATCTATTGCCTGTGT 947CGTTTGTCCTTAAGGTGTCTACG 948 TTTT HVP45 45_sp_230_2737CTACAAGACGTATCTATTGCCTGTGT 949 GGATTCCTTCGGTGTCTGCAT 950 HVP4545_fus_2901_MYC_001_exon1 CGTTACAGGACAAAATACTAGACCACTA 951CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 952 HVP45 45_unsp_230_231 CTACAAGACGTATCTATTGCCTGTGT953 AAGTCTATACATTTATGGCATGC 954 AGCATA HVP45 45_fus_929_PVT1_004_exon1AGCACCTTGTCCTTTGTGTGT 955 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 956 HVP4545_sp_1357_3423 TCAGATAGTGGCTATGGCTGTTCT 957 CCCACGGATGCGGTTTTG 958HVP45 45_fus_929_MYC_001_exon2 AGCACCTTGTCCTTTGTGTGT 959AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 960 HVP45 45_fus_929_PVT1_005_exon1AGCACCTTGTCCTTTGTGTGT 961 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 962 HVP45 45_sp_230_3423CTACAAGACGTATCTATTGCCTGTGT 963 CCCACGGATGCGGTTTTG 964 HVP4545_unsp_2609_2610 CATTATTACAGCTAAAATGTCCTCCAAT 965GAAATGCATGTGGAAATGTAAA 966 CC TACCGT HVP45 45_fus_3648_PVT1_002_exon3TCCTGTGTTCAAGTACAAGTAACAACAA 967 ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 968 HVP4545_fus_2901_PVT1_002_exon3 CGTTACAGGACAAAATACTAGACCACTA 969ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 970 HVP45 45_fus_2901_MYC_001_exon2CGTTACAGGACAAAATACTAGACCACTA 971 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 972 HVP4545_unsp_790_791 GGAGTTAGTCATGCACAACTACCA 973 TCAAAAACAGCTGCTGTAGTGTT 974CT HVP45 45_sp_929_2737 AGCACCTTGTCCTTTGTGTGT 975 GGATTCCTTCGGTGTCTGCAT976 HVP45 45_fus_3648_PVT1_005_exon1 TCCTGTGTTCAAGTACAAGTAACAACAA 977TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 978 HVP45 45_sp_929_5608 AGCACCTTGTCCTTTGTGTGT 979GCTGACAACTCTGGCCACA 980 HVP45 45_sp_230_2610 CTACAAGACGTATCTATTGCCTGTGT981 GAAATGCATGTGGAAATGTAAA 982 TACCGT HVP45 45_unsp_5607_5608GCACACAATATTATTTATGGCCATGGTA 983 GCTGACAACTCTGGCCACA 984 HVP4545_fus_2901_PVT1_005_exon1 CGTTACAGGACAAAATACTAGACCACTA 985TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 986 HVP45 45_unsp_929_930 AGCACCTTGTCCTTTGTGTGT 987CAATTGTTTCTACAAAGAACCAG 988 CCATT HVP45 45_fus_2901_MYC_001_exon3CGTTACAGGACAAAATACTAGACCACTA 989 GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 990 HVP4545_fus_929_MYC_001_exon1 AGCACCTTGTCCTTTGTGTGT 991 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC992 HVP45 45_sp_1357_2737 TCAGATAGTGGCTATGGCTGTTCT 993GGATTCCTTCGGTGTCTGCAT 994 HVP45 45_unsp_1357_1358TCAGATAGTGGCTATGGCTGTTCT 995 ACTATCCCCACCACTACTTTGTG 996 TA HVP4545_fus_3648_PVT1_004_exon1 TCCTGTGTTCAAGTACAAGTAACAACAA 997CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 998 HVP45 45_sp_3650_5608TCCTGTGTTCAAGTACAAGTAACAACAA 999 GCTGACAACTCTGGCCACA 1000 HVP4545_fus_3648_MYC_001_exon1 TCCTGTGTTCAAGTACAAGTAACAACAA 1001CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 1002 HVP45 45_fus_929_PVT1_002_exon3AGCACCTTGTCCTTTGTGTGT 1003 ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1004 HVP4545_gen_3910_4227 TGCTTTTGCTTGGTTGTTGGT 1005 CATCACAGGTATGTTACACTGTA 1006CTGT HVP45 45_unsp_3660_3661 TCCTGTGTTCAAGTACAAGTAACAACAA 1007GGTCTGCATATTTGCGTAGCCTA 1008 TA HVP45 45_gen_7316_7858ATTTCGGTTGCCTGTGGCTTATA 1009 CAGTTGTGCAAGCCATTGTTTTA 1010 GT HVP4545_sp_3750_5608 CGCAAATATGCAGACCATTACTCAGAA 1011 GCTGACAACTCTGGCCACA1012 HVP45 45_gen_1607_2360 GCAACGTTATACGCCCATATCCAAT 1013GGTACGTGCAACAATGTGCTTAA 1014 HVP45 45_unsp_3750_3751CGCAAATATGCAGACCATTACTCAGAA 1015 CCCACCGAGATTTGTACACTGTTA 1016 HVP4545_gen_5858_7309 GGCATGTGTAGGTATGGAAATTGGT 1017 ACATCCTGCGTAATAACAGCTGT1018 AG HVP45 45_unsp_3422_3423 TGACGACACGGTATCCGCTA 1019CCCACGGATGCGGTTTTG 1020 HVP51 51_unsp_2547_2548AGTATGTCCACCATTACTAATAACGTCA 1021 TCATTCAATGTATACACAGCATT 1022 AAC CCCATHVP51 51_fus_3572_MYC_001_exon2 CTAACACTGGAGGGCACCAAA 1023AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 1024 HVP51 51_fus_886_PVT1_002_exon3GGGCGAACTAAGCCTGGTTT 1025 ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1026 HVP5151_fus_886_MYC_001_exon2 GGGCGAACTAAGCCTGGTTT 1027 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT1028 HVP51 51_fus_3572_PVT1_005_exon1 CTAACACTGGAGGGCACCAAA 1029TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 1030 HVP51 51_fus_2834_MYC_001_exon1GTGCCAGGAGAAAATACTAGACTGTTAT 1031 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 1032 HVP5151_unsp_3584_3585 CTAACACTGGAGGGCACCAAA 1033 ATGCCAGGTTGAGGATACGTTTT1034 TAT HVP51 51_fus_2834_PVT1_004_exon1 GTGCCAGGAGAAAATACTAGACTGTTAT1035 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1036 HVP51 51_unsp_1302_1303CGGACAGCGGATATGGCAATA 1037 TCTGTTGTTTCCACATCCATAAC 1038 ACT HVP5151_fus_3572_PVT1_002_exon3 CTAACACTGGAGGGCACCAAA 1039ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1040 HVP51 51_sp_3584_5521 CTAACACTGGAGGGCACCAAA1041 CAATTCGAGACACAGGTGCAG 1042 HVP51 51_unsp_401_402GAGAGTATAGACGTTATAGCAGGTCTGT 1043 TCCCGCTATTTCATGGAACCTTTT 1044 HVP5151_sp_1302_3319 CGGACAGCGGATATGGCAATA 1045 CCACGCAGGTGGTAAGGG 1046 HVP5151_sp_217_751 CTGCATGAATTATGTGAAGCTTTGAAC 1047 CATCTGCTGTACAACGCGAAG1048 HVP51 51_fus_886_MYC_001_exon3 GGGCGAACTAAGCCTGGTTT 1049GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1050 HVP51 51_fus_3572_PVT1_004_exon1CTAACACTGGAGGGCACCAAA 1051 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1052 HVP5151_sp_1302_2548 CGGACAGCGGATATGGCAATA 1053 TCATTCAATGTATACACAGCATT 1054CCCAT HVP51 51_unsp_886_887 GGGCGAACTAAGCCTGGTTT 1055CTCATCATCCGAAACATTATCTC 1056 CTGT HVP51 51_fus_2834_PVT1_002_exon3GTGCCAGGAGAAAATACTAGACTGTTAT 1057 ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1058 HVP5151_unsp_3318_3319 GCACAACAGTGGGAGGTCTATATG 1059 CCACGCAGGTGGTAAGGG 1060HVP51 51_fus_2834_MYC_001_exon2 GTGCCAGGAGAAAATACTAGACTGTTAT 1061AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 1062 HVP51 51_sp_886_5521 GGGCGAACTAAGCCTGGTTT 1063CAATTCGAGACACAGGTGCAG 1064 HVP51 51_fus_3572_MYC_001_exon3CTAACACTGGAGGGCACCAAA 1065 GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1066 HVP5151_sp_217_402 CTGCATGAATTATGTGAAGCTTTGAAC 1067 TCCCGCTATTTCATGGAACCTTTT1068 HVP51 51_unsp_750_751 GCGTGACCAGCTACCAGAAA 1069CATCTGCTGTACAACGCGAAG 1070 HVP51 51_fus_886_PVT1_004_exon1GGGCGAACTAAGCCTGGTTT 1071 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1072 HVP5151_fus_3572_MYC_001_exon1 CTAACACTGGAGGGCACCAAA 1073 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC1074 HVP51 51_unsp_217_218 CTGCATGAATTATGTGAAGCTTTGAAC 1075GTAAACATTGTTTGCATACTGCA 1076 TATGGA HVP51 51_fus_886_MYC_001_exon1GGGCGAACTAAGCCTGGTTT 1077 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 1078 HVP51 51_sp_886_3319GGGCGAACTAAGCCTGGTTT 1079 CCACGCAGGTGGTAAGGG 1080 HVP5151_fus_2834_MYC_001_exon3 GTGCCAGGAGAAAATACTAGACTGTTAT 1081GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1082 HVP51 51_fus_2834_PVT1_005_exon1GTGCCAGGAGAAAATACTAGACTGTTAT 1083 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 1084 HVP5151_fus_886_PVT1_005_exon1 GGGCGAACTAAGCCTGGTTT 1085 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT1086 HVP51 51_unsp_5520_5521 GGCCCTATACACATTTACTACGCAAA 1087CAATTCGAGACACAGGTGCAG 1088 HVP51 51_sp_217_3319CTGCATGAATTATGTGAAGCTTTGAAC 1089 CCACGCAGGTGGTAAGGG 1090 HVP5151_sp_886_2548 GGGCGAACTAAGCCTGGTTT 1091 TCATTCAATGTATACACAGCATT 1092CCCAT HVP51 51_sp_217_2548 CTGCATGAATTATGTGAAGCTTTGAAC 1093TCATTCAATGTATACACAGCATT 1094 CCCAT HVP51 51_gen_7175_7808GGGTATTACATTATCCCCGTAGGTCAA 1095 GCTGCAGCTGTAACAAAATGGAA 1096 HVP5151_gen_3834_4103 AAGCCAATATGTGCTGCTAATTGTA 1097 AACACGTATTGGGACAGCAGTAG1098 HVP51 51_gen_1552_2298 GATGGAGGCAACTGGAGAGAAATT 1099GTGTTTGGTGGGCCATATATGA 1100 CTAT HVP51 51_gen_5771_7168ACACCCCTCCACAGGCTAA 1101 TGTACGCCAACCTGCAACAA 1102 HVP52 52_unsp_523_524GACATGTTAATGCAAACAAGCGATTTC 1103 TCAGTTGTTTCAGGTTGCAGATC 1104 TAATAHVP52 52_fus_879_MYC_001_exon1 GCTGTTGGGCACATTACAAGTT 1105CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 1106 HVP52 52_fus_2857_PVT1_005_exon1GCTGATAGTAATGACCTAAACGCACAAA 1107 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 1108 HVP5252_fus_879_PVT1_004_exon1 GCTGTTGGGCACATTACAAGTT 1109CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1110 HVP52 52_sp_224_524 AGAATCGGTGCATGAAATAAGGCT1111 TCAGTTGTTTCAGGTTGCAGATC 1112 TAATA HVP52 52_sp_3625_5643TCACTGCAACTGAGTGCACAA 1113 TGCTTACAACCTTAGAGACAGGT 1114 ACA HVP5252_fus_3613_PVT1_005_exon1 TCACTGCAACTGAGTGCACAA 1115 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT1116 HVP52 52_unsp_5642_5643 TTTTACTACGTCGCAGGCGTAA 1117TGCTTACAACCTTAGAGACAGGT 1118 ACA HVP52 52_sp_224_407AGAATCGGTGCATGAAATAAGGCT 1119 CGCTTGTTTGCATTAACATGTCT 1120 TTCT HVP5252_unsp_3625_3626 TCACTGCAACTGAGTGCACAA 1121 TGCCAGGTAGATGAAATTTGAA 1122CATACA HVP52 52_fus_879_MYC_001_exon3 GCTGTTGGGCACATTACAAGTT 1123GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1124 HVP52 52_fus_879_MYC_001_exon2GCTGTTGGGCACATTACAAGTT 1125 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 1126 HVP5252_sp_879_3345 GCTGTTGGGCACATTACAAGTT 1127 GCGGAGGTCTTGGAGGTTT 1128HVP52 52_fus_3613_PVT1_002_exon3 TCACTGCAACTGAGTGCACAA 1129ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1130 HVP52 52_fus_2857_MYC_001_exon3GCTGATAGTAATGACCTAAACGCACAAA 1131 GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1132 HVP5252_fus_879_PVT1_002_exon3 GCTGTTGGGCACATTACAAGTT 1133ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1134 HVP52 52_sp_224_738 AGAATCGGTGCATGAAATAAGGCT1135 GCATTTGCTGTAGAGTACGAAG 1136 GT HVP52 52_sp_224_3345AGAATCGGTGCATGAAATAAGGCT 1137 GCGGAGGTCTTGGAGGTTT 1138 HVP5252_sp_1301_2569 CAAACCATGTCACGTAGAAGACAG 1139 GGGTTTTTGAAATGAAACACAA1140 CCAATC HVP52 52_unsp_737_738 GATGAGGAGGATACAGATGGTGTG 1141GCATTTGCTGTAGAGTACGAAG 1142 GT HVP52 52_unsp_1301_1302CAAACCATGTCACGTAGAAGACAG 1143 CCCCACCCCACTTGATTGA 1144 HVP5252_sp_1301_2696 CAAACCATGTCACGTAGAAGACAG 1145 CGGTATCGACTCCATCGTTTTCC1146 HVP52 52_fus_2857_MYC_001_exon1 GCTGATAGTAATGACCTAAACGCACAAA 1147CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 1148 HVP52 52_sp_879_5810 GCTGTTGGGCACATTACAAGTT1149 CCTGTATTGCAGGCCAGACA 1150 HVP52 52_unsp_224_225AGAATCGGTGCATGAAATAAGGCT 1151 CACACGCCATATGGATTATTGTC 1152 TCTA HVP5252_sp_879_2696 GCTGTTGGGCACATTACAAGTT 1153 CGGTATCGACTCCATCGTTTTCC 1154HVP52 52_fus_3613_MYC_001_exon3 TCACTGCAACTGAGTGCACAA 1155GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1156 HVP52 52_unsp_879_880GCTGTTGGGCACATTACAAGTT 1157 TCCTCTGAAATGTTATCTCCTGTT 1158 TGTT HVP5252_unsp_2568_2569 CCTTAGTACAAATAAAATGCCCACCAT 1159GGGTTTTTGAAATGAAACACAA 1160 CCAATC HVP52 52_fus_2857_PVT1_002_exon3GCTGATAGTAATGACCTAAACGCACAAA 1161 ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1162 HVP5252_sp_224_2696 AGAATCGGTGCATGAAATAAGGCT 1163 CGGTATCGACTCCATCGTTTTCC1164 HVP52 52_fus_2857_MYC_001_exon2 GCTGATAGTAATGACCTAAACGCACAAA 1165AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 1166 HVP52 52_fus_879_PVT1_005_exon1GCTGTTGGGCACATTACAAGTT 1167 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 1168 HVP5252_unsp_3344_3345 GTAACAGGAGTATGGGAAGTACATGTG 1169 GCGGAGGTCTTGGAGGTTT1170 HVP52 52_unsp_406_407 GTATGGGAAAACATTAGAAGAGAGGGT 1171CGCTTGTTTGCATTAACATGTCT 1172 TTCT HVP52 52_sp_1301_3345CAAACCATGTCACGTAGAAGACAG 1173 GCGGAGGTCTTGGAGGTTT 1174 HVP5252_fus_3613_MYC_001_exon2 TCACTGCAACTGAGTGCACAA 1175 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT1176 HVP52 52_sp_879_2569 GCTGTTGGGCACATTACAAGTT 1177GGGTTTTTGAAATGAAACACAA 1178 CCAATC HVP52 52_sp_224_2569AGAATCGGTGCATGAAATAAGGCT 1179 GGGTTTTTGAAATGAAACACAA 1180 CCAATC HVP5252_fus_3613_PVT1_004_exon1 TCACTGCAACTGAGTGCACAA 1181CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1182 HVP52 52_sp_3625_5810 TCACTGCAACTGAGTGCACAA1183 CCTGTATTGCAGGCCAGACA 1184 HVP52 52_sp_879_5643GCTGTTGGGCACATTACAAGTT 1185 TGCTTACAACCTTAGAGACAGGT 1186 ACA HVP5252_unsp_5809_5810 AAGCATCTATTATTATGCAGGCAGTTCT 1187 CCTGTATTGCAGGCCAGACA1188 HVP52 52_fus_3613_MYC_001_exon1 TCACTGCAACTGAGTGCACAA 1189CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 1190 HVP52 52_fus_2857_PVT1_004_exon1GCTGATAGTAATGACCTAAACGCACAAA 1191 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1192 HVP5252_gen_6060_7338 GGACTATATGTTTTGGGAGGTGGATTT 1193 GATGCAGGGCGTTTTAGTTTGG1194 HVP52 52_gen_1551_2319 CACCATCAGTTGCAGAAGGATTAAAAG 1195CTGTGACATTAGTTTGGACACTG 1196 TT HVP52 52_gen_7345_7942TCGGTTGGTCTTGGCACAA 1197 TTTAGGCGGGACAACAAGTGT 1198 HVP5252_gen_3875_4225 CAACACAAGCCAATATTGCTGCTA 1199 CCTGCGCATACACCGATATAGAT1200 HVP56 56_unsp_910_911 GTTAACAGTAACGTGCCCACTCT 1201TTCTACAATTGCCTCTACTTCAAA 1202 CCAT HVP56 56_fus_3629_MYC_001_exon2ACAACAACCACCCTGGTGATAAG 1203 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 1204 HVP5656_fus_2861_PVT1_002_exon3 GTGCCAGAACAAAATACTAGACTGTTT 1205ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1206 HVP56 56_fus_910_MYC_001_exon3GTTAACAGTAACGTGCCCACTCT 1207 GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1208 HVP5656_sp_910_2572 GTTAACAGTAACGTGCCCACTCT 1209 TGAAACTGAAACACTAACATTCT 1210ACTGTGT HVP56 56_fus_2861_PVT1_005_exon1 GTGCCAGAACAAAATACTAGACTGTTT1211 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 1212 HVP56 56_fus_2861_PVT1_004_exon1GTGCCAGAACAAAATACTAGACTGTTT 1213 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1214 HVP5656_fus_3629_MYC_001_exon1 ACAACAACCACCCTGGTGATAAG 1215CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 1216 HVP56 56_unsp_3641_3642 ACAACAACCACCCTGGTGATAAG1217 TATTGTCTGTACTTGTCCAATGA 1218 TATGT HVP56 56_unsp_532_533TGCATTGTGACAGAAAAAGACGATTTC 1219 ACGTCTTGCAGCGTTGGTA 1220 HVP5656_unsp_2698_2699 AGAATGTTAGTGTTTCAGTTTCAAAATCC 1221TTTTCTTTGTCCTCGTCGTTATCC 1222 AA HVP56 56_fus_3629_PVT1_002_exon3ACAACAACCACCCTGGTGATAAG 1223 ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1224 HVP5656_fus_2861_MYC_001_exon1 GTGCCAGAACAAAATACTAGACTGTTT 1225CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 1226 HVP56 56_sp_233_2572 GCACCACTTGAGTGAGGTATTAGAA1227 TGAAACTGAAACACTAACATTCT 1228 ACTGTGT HVP56 56_unsp_772_773ACAGCAAGCTAGACAAGCTAAACAA 1229 TGTACAACACGCAGGTCCTC 1230 HVP5656_fus_910_MYC_001_exon1 GTTAACAGTAACGTGCCCACTCT 1231CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 1232 HVP56 56_sp_910_5597 GTTAACAGTAACGTGCCCACTCT1233 ACAACCTTTGAAACAGGTGTTG 1234 GA HVP56 56_sp_233_533GCACCACTTGAGTGAGGTATTAGAA 1235 ACGTCTTGCAGCGTTGGTA 1236 HVP5656_fus_2861_MYC_001_exon3 GTGCCAGAACAAAATACTAGACTGTTT 1237GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1238 HVP56 56_unsp_5758_5759ATCATGCAGGCAGTTCACGA 1239 CAACCGTACCCTAAATACCCTAT 1240 ATTGA HVP5656_sp_1295_3349 CAAGACAGCGGGTATGGCAATA 1241 GGTGGTGGTGGTGGTCTT 1242HVP56 56_sp_1295_2699 CAAGACAGCGGGTATGGCAATA 1243TTTTCTTTGTCCTCGTCGTTATCC 1244 AA HVP56 56_unsp_233_234GCACCACTTGAGTGAGGTATTAGAA 1245 ACAATAAACATACTCTGCACACT 1246 GCATA HVP5656_sp_3641_5597 ACAACAACCACCCTGGTGATAAG 1247 ACAACCTTTGAAACAGGTGTTG 1248GA HVP56 56_sp_233_2699 GCACCACTTGAGTGAGGTATTAGAA 1249TTTTCTTTGTCCTCGTCGTTATCC 1250 AA HVP56 56_sp_1295_2572CAAGACAGCGGGTATGGCAATA 1251 TGAAACTGAAACACTAACATTCT 1252 ACTGTGT HVP5656_sp_910_3349 GTTAACAGTAACGTGCCCACTCT 1253 GGTGGTGGTGGTGGTCTT 1254HVP56 56_unsp_1295_1296 CAAGACAGCGGGTATGGCAATA 1255GGTACTGTTTTGTGAGCCTCCAT 1256 TT HVP56 56_fus_910_MYC_001_exon2GTTAACAGTAACGTGCCCACTCT 1257 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 1258 HVP5656_fus_3629_MYC_001_exon3 ACAACAACCACCCTGGTGATAAG 1259GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1260 HVP56 56_fus_3629_PVT1_004_exon1ACAACAACCACCCTGGTGATAAG 1261 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1262 HVP5656_fus_2861_MYC_001_exon2 GTGCCAGAACAAAATACTAGACTGTTT 1263AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 1264 HVP56 56_unsp_5596_5597 AGGGATCCTCCTTTGCATTATGG1265 ACAACCTTTGAAACAGGTGTTG 1266 GA HVP56 56_sp_233_416GCACCACTTGAGTGAGGTATTAGAA 1267 CAATTGCTTTTCCTCCGGAGTTAA 1268 HVP5656_sp_910_5759 GTTAACAGTAACGTGCCCACTCT 1269 CAACCGTACCCTAAATACCCTAT 1270ATTGA HVP56 56_fus_910_PVT1_002_exon3 GTTAACAGTAACGTGCCCACTCT 1271ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1272 HVP56 56_sp_910_2699 GTTAACAGTAACGTGCCCACTCT1273 TTTTCTTTGTCCTCGTCGTTATCC 1274 AA HVP56 56_unsp_415_416TCAGTGTATGGAGCTACACTAGAAAGT 1275 CAATTGCTTTTCCTCCGGAGTTAA 1276 HVP5656_fus_910_PVT1_005_exon1 GTTAACAGTAACGTGCCCACTCT 1277TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 1278 HVP56 56_sp_3641_5759 ACAACAACCACCCTGGTGATAAG1279 CAACCGTACCCTAAATACCCTAT 1280 ATTGA HVP56 56_fus_910_PVT1_004_exon1GTTAACAGTAACGTGCCCACTCT 1281 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1282 HVP5656_fus_3629_PVT1_005_exon1 ACAACAACCACCCTGGTGATAAG 1283TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 1284 HVP56 56_sp_233_3349 GCACCACTTGAGTGAGGTATTAGAA1285 GGTGGTGGTGGTGGTCTT 1286 HVP56 56_sp_233_773GCACCACTTGAGTGAGGTATTAGAA 1287 TGTACAACACGCAGGTCCTC 1288 HVP5656_gen_3891_4183 TGCTACGCATATATATTGCAACCATTGA 1289GGATGTGGCTATAACAAACCAA 1290 AACAAT HVP56 56_gen_7283_7844AATTCGGTTGCATGGCCTAGT 1291 GGGTGCGGTACTGTACATAATT 1292 CAAG HVP5656_gen_6009_7276 TGTACTCCCGCTATGGGTGAA 1293 GTGTCTATCATGTCCCCATCCTCTA1294 HVP56 56_gen_1545_2322 CAGATGATAGCCAAATTGCGTTTCA 1295GCTGTTGTGCCCTTTTATAATGT 1296 CTAC HVP58 58_sp_898_5643TGCTTATGGGCACATGTACCATT 1297 GCTTACAACCTTAGACACAGGCA 1298 HVP5858_fus_3596_PVT1_002_exon3 GAGGAGGACTACACAGTACAACTAACT 1299ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1300 HVP58 58_fus_898_MYC_001_exon3TGCTTATGGGCACATGTACCATT 1301 GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1302 HVP5858_sp_1320_3355 AAAATTATTGAGCTAGAAGACAGCGGAT 1303CCCTGTGTACTTTCGTTGTTGGT 1304 HVP58 58_unsp_1320_1321AAAATTATTGAGCTAGAAGACAGCGGAT 1305 CCCCACTAGACTCCGAGTCATTT 1306 AA HVP5858_fus_3596_MYC_001_exon3 GAGGAGGACTACACAGTACAACTAACT 1307GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1308 HVP58 58_fus_2867_PVT1_005_exon1GCAGGACAAAATCCTAGACATATACGAA 1309 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 1310 HVP5858_fus_3596_PVT1_004_exon1 GAGGAGGACTACACAGTACAACTAACT 1311CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1312 HVP58 58_unsp_898_899 TGCTTATGGGCACATGTACCATT1313 CTGTTCTTCGTTCTATTACCGCTT 1314 CTA HVP58 58_fus_898_PVT1_002_exon3TGCTTATGGGCACATGTACCATT 1315 ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1316 HVP5858_unsp_2578_2579 ATTAGATGGTAACGACATTTCAATAGA 1317TGCATCAAATGGAAATGGATTG 1318 TGT TTAAATTCA HVP58 58_sp_232_2579GTCAGGCGTTGGAGACATCT 1319 TGCATCAAATGGAAATGGATTG 1320 TTAAATTCA HVP5858_fus_2867_MYC_001_exon3 GCAGGACAAAATCCTAGACATATACGAA 1321GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1322 HVP58 58_fus_898_MYC_001_exon2TGCTTATGGGCACATGTACCATT 1323 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 1324 HVP5858_sp_232_415 GTCAGGCGTTGGAGACATCT 1325 CGACCCGAAATATTATGAAACCT 1326TTTGT HVP58 58_fus_898_PVT1_005_exon1 TGCTTATGGGCACATGTACCATT 1327TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 1328 HVP58 58_sp_232_2706 GTCAGGCGTTGGAGACATCT 1329TGATATTTCCTCCATCGTTTTCCT 1330 TGTC HVP58 58_unsp_414_415CGCTATATGGAGACACATTAGAACAAA 1331 CGACCCGAAATATTATGAAACCT 1332 CA TTTGTHVP58 58_unsp_3354_3355 ACAATTATGGGAGGTACATGTGGGTA 1333CCCTGTGTACTTTCGTTGTTGGT 1334 HVP58 58_sp_1320_2579AAAATTATTGAGCTAGAAGACAGCGGAT 1335 TGCATCAAATGGAAATGGATTG 1336 TTAAATTCAHVP58 58_sp_1320_2706 AAAATTATTGAGCTAGAAGACAGCGGAT 1337TGATATTTCCTCCATCGTTTTCCT 1338 TGTC HVP58 58_fus_2867_MYC_001_exon2GCAGGACAAAATCCTAGACATATACGAA 1339 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 1340 HVP5858_sp_232_532 GTCAGGCGTTGGAGACATCT 1341 GCGTTGGGTTGTTTCCTCTCA 1342 HVP5858_fus_898_PVT1_004_exon1 TGCTTATGGGCACATGTACCATT 1343CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1344 HVP58 58_fus_898_MYC_001_exon1TGCTTATGGGCACATGTACCATT 1345 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 1346 HVP5858_sp_898_2706 TGCTTATGGGCACATGTACCATT 1347 TGATATTTCCTCCATCGTTTTCCT1348 TGTC HVP58 58_fus_3596_PVT1_005_exon1 GAGGAGGACTACACAGTACAACTAACT1349 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 1350 HVP58 58_fus_2867_PVT1_004_exon1GCAGGACAAAATCCTAGACATATACGAA 1351 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1352 HVP5858_sp_232_3355 GTCAGGCGTTGGAGACATCT 1353 CCCTGTGTACTTTCGTTGTTGGT 1354HVP58 58_fus_2867_PVT1_002_exon3 GCAGGACAAAATCCTAGACATATACGAA 1355ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1356 HVP58 58_fus_3596_MYC_001_exon2GAGGAGGACTACACAGTACAACTAACT 1357 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 1358 HVP5858_unsp_3608_3609 GAGGAGGACTACACAGTACAACTAACT 1359CCAATGCCATGTGGATGACATAT 1360 TACA HVP58 58_unsp_5642_5643CTGATTTTATGTTGCACCCTAGCTATTT 1361 GCTTACAACCTTAGACACAGGCA 1362 HVP5858_fus_3596_MYC_001_exon1 GAGGAGGACTACACAGTACAACTAACT 1363CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 1364 HVP58 58_unsp_232_233 GTCAGGCGTTGGAGACATCT 1365TCGTAAGCACACTTTACATACTG 1366 CAAA HVP58 58_sp_898_2579TGCTTATGGGCACATGTACCATT 1367 TGCATCAAATGGAAATGGATTG 1368 TTAAATTCA HVP5858_sp_898_3355 TGCTTATGGGCACATGTACCATT 1369 CCCTGTGTACTTTCGTTGTTGGT 1370HVP58 58_sp_3608_5643 GAGGAGGACTACACAGTACAACTAACT 1371GCTTACAACCTTAGACACAGGCA 1372 HVP58 58_fus_2867_MYC_001_exon1GCAGGACAAAATCCTAGACATATACGAA 1373 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 1374 HVP5858_gen_5893_7295 CGTTTGGTCTGGGCATGTGTA 1375 GCTGTGCGGGATATCTGTTACTG 1376HVP58 58_gen_3858_4208 TCTATATATGCTTGGTTGCTGGTGTTG 1377CATGTGCAGAACCAGTATACAG 1378 TTAGT HVP58 58_gen_1570_2329CAATGGGACAATGGATACAAAGTAGGT 1379 GGGCCACACAGTAACATACAACT 1380 HVP5858_gen_7302_7824 TCTATGAGTAAGGTGCTGTCCCTAAAT 1381 GGAGGTAAAGTAAAATGGAGG1382 CAGTA HVP59 59_unsp_3627_3628 TCCGTTTGCATCCAGGCAA 1383CCAATGCCAGGTAGAGGAAATA 1384 TTTTCA HVP59 59_fus_2862_MYC_001_exon1GCGTTTAAGTGTGTTACAGGATCAAAT 1385 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 1386 HVP5959_sp_1306_3359 AAAGAAGGTTAATAACAGTGCCAGACA 1387 CCCAAGTACGTGGCTTCGG1388 HVP59 59_unsp_2570_2571 AGATAGAAAGCATAGGCACCTAGTACAA 1389TCTATTTTTGTCAAATGGCAATTT 1390 GTTTGGA HVP59 59_unsp_748_749CAGATGGAGTTAATCATCCTTTGCTACT 1391 TGTAAGGCTCGCAATCCGT 1392 HVP5959_fus_887_PVT1_004_exon1 ACTATCCTTTGTGTGTCCTTTGTGT 1393CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1394 HVP59 59_fus_2862_PVT1_004_exon1GCGTTTAAGTGTGTTACAGGATCAAAT 1395 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1396 HVP5959_fus_887_PVT1_002_exon3 ACTATCCTTTGTGTGTCCTTTGTGT 1397ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1398 HVP59 59_fus_3615_MYC_001_exon1TCCGTTTGCATCCAGGCAA 1399 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 1400 HVP59 59_sp_1306_2698AAAGAAGGTTAATAACAGTGCCAGACA 1401 GGTGTCCATCACTGTCTGCAT 1402 HVP5959_sp_3627_5606 TCCGTTTGCATCCAGGCAA 1403 TGACATACTCATCAGTGCTGACA 1404 ACHVP59 59_fus_3615_MYC_001_exon2 TCCGTTTGCATCCAGGCAA 1405AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 1406 HVP59 59_fus_2862_MYC_001_exon3GCGTTTAAGTGTGTTACAGGATCAAAT 1407 GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1408 HVP5959_unsp_5768_5769 GTATGTCACCCGTACCAGTATTTTCTAC 1409GCCAAATTTATTGGGATCAGGT 1410 AACTT HVP59 59_sp_887_3359ACTATCCTTTGTGTGTCCTTTGTGT 1411 CCCAAGTACGTGGCTTCGG 1412 HVP5959_sp_183_2571 GCATCAATTGTGTGTTTTGCAAAGG 1413 TCTATTTTTGTCAAATGGCAATTT1414 GTTTGGA HVP59 59_fus_3615_MYC_001_exon3 TCCGTTTGCATCCAGGCAA 1415GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1416 HVP59 59_fus_887_MYC_001_exon3ACTATCCTTTGTGTGTCCTTTGTGT 1417 GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1418 HVP5959_fus_3615_PVT1_005_exon1 TCCGTTTGCATCCAGGCAA 1419 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT1420 HVP59 59_fus_2862_MYC_001_exon2 GCGTTTAAGTGTGTTACAGGATCAAAT 1421AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 1422 HVP59 59_sp_887_5606 ACTATCCTTTGTGTGTCCTTTGTGT1423 TGACATACTCATCAGTGCTGACA 1424 AC HVP59 59_fus_887_MYC_001_exon2ACTATCCTTTGTGTGTCCTTTGTGT 1425 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 1426 HVP5959_sp_887_5769 ACTATCCTTTGTGTGTCCTTTGTGT 1427 GCCAAATTTATTGGGATCAGGT1428 AACTT HVP59 59_unsp_887_888 ACTATCCTTTGTGTGTCCTTTGTGT 1429CGTCATCTGAAATTTTGTCACCT 1430 GTTTT HVP59 59_fus_2862_PVT1_002_exon3GCGTTTAAGTGTGTTACAGGATCAAAT 1431 ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1432 HVP5959_sp_3627_5769 TCCGTTTGCATCCAGGCAA 1433 GCCAAATTTATTGGGATCAGGT 1434AACTT HVP59 59_sp_1306_2571 AAAGAAGGTTAATAACAGTGCCAGACA 1435TCTATTTTTGTCAAATGGCAATTT 1436 GTTTGGA HVP59 59_sp_887_2571ACTATCCTTTGTGTGTCCTTTGTGT 1437 TCTATTTTTGTCAAATGGCAATTT 1438 GTTTGGAHVP59 59_unsp_1306_1307 AAAGAAGGTTAATAACAGTGCCAGACA 1439GTCTATTTGACTGTCGCTACAAA 1440 CAC HVP59 59_unsp_5605_5606CCTCGTAAACGTAAACGTGTTCC 1441 TGACATACTCATCAGTGCTGACA 1442 AC HVP5959_fus_3615_PVT1_002_exon3 TCCGTTTGCATCCAGGCAA 1443ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1444 HVP59 59_fus_3615_PVT1_004_exon1TCCGTTTGCATCCAGGCAA 1445 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1446 HVP5959_fus_2862_PVT1_005_exon1 GCGTTTAAGTGTGTTACAGGATCAAAT 1447TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 1448 HVP59 59_sp_183_3359 GCATCAATTGTGTGTTTTGCAAAGG1449 CCCAAGTACGTGGCTTCGG 1450 HVP59 59_sp_887_2698ACTATCCTTTGTGTGTCCTTTGTGT 1451 GGTGTCCATCACTGTCTGCAT 1452 HVP5959_sp_183_2698 GCATCAATTGTGTGTTTTGCAAAGG 1453 GGTGTCCATCACTGTCTGCAT 1454HVP59 59_fus_887_MYC_001_exon1 ACTATCCTTTGTGTGTCCTTTGTGT 1455CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 1456 HVP59 59_fus_887_PVT1_005_exon1ACTATCCTTTGTGTGTCCTTTGTGT 1457 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 1458 HVP5959_sp_183_749 GCATCAATTGTGTGTTTTGCAAAGG 1459 TGTAAGGCTCGCAATCCGT 1460HVP59 59_unsp_183_184 GCATCAATTGTGTGTTTTGCAAAGG 1461GCATTTCAGACACGCTGCATAC 1462 HVP59 59_gen_3877_4222 GTTGCAATGTCCCGCTTCTG1463 CATGGGCATATAGTAGTAACAG 1464 TGGAA HVP59 59_gen_7261_7896GGTTGCACCCAATGAGTAAGGTA 1465 GCAAAACTGGACATTCAGGACA 1466 AAA HVP5959_gen_6019_7254 GCTGTGTACCTGCCATTGGA 1467 CTGTGTCTACCATATCACCATCTT 1468CA HVP59 59_gen_1556_2321 GTGCATGTTAATTGAACCACCCAAA 1469TCAAACACGCTATCATCAACTCC 1470 AT HVP66 66_fus_2843_PVT1_002_exon3CGTGCCAGAACAAAATACTAGACTGT 1471 ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1472 HVP6666_sp_233_773 CACCATCTGAGCGAGGTATTACA 1473 TGTACCACACGTAGCTCCTCT 1474HVP66 66_fus_910_MYC_001_exon1 GTTAACAGTAACGTGCCCACTCT 1475CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 1476 HVP66 66_unsp_233_234 CACCATCTGAGCGAGGTATTACA1477 ACAATAAACATACCCTACATACT 1478 GCATATGG HVP6666_fus_910_MYC_001_exon3 GTTAACAGTAACGTGCCCACTCT 1479GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1480 HVP66 66_fus_2843_MYC_001_exon1CGTGCCAGAACAAAATACTAGACTGT 1481 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 1482 HVP6666_sp_1290_2682 GAAGACAGCGGGTATGGCAATA 1483 TTTTCTTTGTCCTCGTCGTTATCC1484 AA HVP66 66_fus_2843_MYC_001_exon3 CGTGCCAGAACAAAATACTAGACTGT 1485GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1486 HVP66 66_sp_1290_2555GAAGACAGCGGGTATGGCAATA 1487 CATTACTTAATTCATACACAGGA 1488 TTACCATT HVP6666_fus_3605_PVT1_005_exon1 GTATCAACACACAAAGCCACTGT 1489TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 1490 HVP66 66_sp_910_5647 GTTAACAGTAACGTGCCCACTCT1491 ACAACCTTTGAAACAGGTGTTG 1492 GA HVP66 66_fus_3605_MYC_001_exon3GTATCAACACACAAAGCCACTGT 1493 GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1494 HVP6666_sp_910_3362 GTTAACAGTAACGTGCCCACTCT 1495 GGTGGTGGTGGTCCTGTG 1496HVP66 66_fus_3605_PVT1_004_exon1 GTATCAACACACAAAGCCACTGT 1497CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1498 HVP66 66_fus_2843_MYC_001_exon2CGTGCCAGAACAAAATACTAGACTGT 1499 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 1500 HVP6666_sp_233_2682 CACCATCTGAGCGAGGTATTACA 1501 TTTTCTTTGTCCTCGTCGTTATCC1502 AA HVP66 66_sp_233_533 CACCATCTGAGCGAGGTATTACA 1503AACCTCTTGCAACGTTGGTACT 1504 HVP66 66_unsp_772_773 ACAGCAAGCTAGACAAGCTGAA1505 TGTACCACACGTAGCTCCTCT 1506 HVP66 66_sp_233_416CACCATCTGAGCGAGGTATTACA 1507 GAAATCGTCTTTTATGTTCACAG 1508 TGCAA HVP6666_sp_233_2555 CACCATCTGAGCGAGGTATTACA 1509 CATTACTTAATTCATACACAGGA 1510TTACCATT HVP66 66_sp_3617_5647 GTATCAACACACAAAGCCACTGT 1511ACAACCTTTGAAACAGGTGTTG 1512 GA HVP66 66_fus_2843_PVT1_004_exon1CGTGCCAGAACAAAATACTAGACTGT 1513 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1514 HVP6666_fus_910_PVT1_002_exon3 GTTAACAGTAACGTGCCCACTCT 1515ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1516 HVP66 66_unsp_910_911GTTAACAGTAACGTGCCCACTCT 1517 TTCTACAATTGCTTCTACCTGAA 1518 ACCAT HVP6666_sp_233_3362 CACCATCTGAGCGAGGTATTACA 1519 GGTGGTGGTGGTCCTGTG 1520HVP66 66_sp_910_2555 GTTAACAGTAACGTGCCCACTCT 1521CATTACTTAATTCATACACAGGA 1522 TTACCATT HVP66 66_fus_3605_MYC_001_exon2GTATCAACACACAAAGCCACTGT 1523 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 1524 HVP6666_fus_2843_PVT1_005_exon1 CGTGCCAGAACAAAATACTAGACTGT 1525TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 1526 HVP66 66_fus_3605_PVT1_002_exon3GTATCAACACACAAAGCCACTGT 1527 ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1528 HVP6666_sp_1290_3362 GAAGACAGCGGGTATGGCAATA 1529 GGTGGTGGTGGTCCTGTG 1530HVP66 66_sp_910_2682 GTTAACAGTAACGTGCCCACTCT 1531TTTTCTTTGTCCTCGTCGTTATCC 1532 AA HVP66 66_fus_910_MYC_001_exon2GTTAACAGTAACGTGCCCACTCT 1533 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 1534 HVP6666_fus_3605_MYC_001_exon1 GTATCAACACACAAAGCCACTGT 1535CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 1536 HVP66 66_unsp_1290_1291 GAAGACAGCGGGTATGGCAATA1537 GATACCGAGTGCTCACTACAATT 1538 ACTG HVP66 66_fus_910_PVT1_004_exon1GTTAACAGTAACGTGCCCACTCT 1539 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1540 HVP6666_fus_910_PVT1_005_exon1 GTTAACAGTAACGTGCCCACTCT 1541TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 1542 HVP66 66_unsp_3617_3618 GTATCAACACACAAAGCCACTGT1543 TCTGTACTTGTCCAATGATATGT 1544 TGTTGT HVP66 66_unsp_5646_5647GCTACATTTGCACTATGGCCTGTA 1545 ACAACCTTTGAAACAGGTGTTG 1546 GA HVP6666_unsp_415_416 GGGCAACATTAGAAAGTATAACTAAAA 1547 GAAATCGTCTTTTATGTTCACAG1548 AACA TGCAA HVP66 66_gen_7301_7824 GGTTAGGTGGTGTTCCTTACTGTTTA 1549CAAAAGGCTAGGCAACCGAATT 1550 HVP66 66_gen_1540_2305AGACATAGATAGCAATGCACAAGCA 1551 ATCACCCCCTTCATCTACTTTACT 1552 ACA HVP6666_gen_3867_4235 GTTTGTCTGTGTGTGTGCCATT 1553 GCATGGCAATATATACACAGTG 1554TAGGT HVP66 66_gen_5897_7294 GTAGGCCGAGGTCAACCTTTA 1555GTGCACATCCCACAATACATAAC 1556 TG HVP66 66_sp_1290_3331GACAGGGAGACAGCTCAACAATTATT 1557 CTCTCGGTACACAGTTTGCTGAT 1558 TA HVP6666_unsp_3330_3331 GTGGGTGGTGTAAAGTGTCATCA 1559 GGACAGTAAATACTCTCGGTTTC1560 CAT HVP68 68_sp_129_3292 GACATTGGACACTACATTGCATGAC 1561TCGCGGTGGTGTTCTGTAG 1562 HVP68 68_sp_129_2510 GACATTGGACACTACATTGCATGAC1563 CTGTTTTGGTCAAATGGAAATGC 1564 ATTAG HVP68 68_fus_2801_MYC_001_exon1ACAGGACAGTAAATGTATACAGGACCAT 1565 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 1566 HVP6868_unsp_5487_5488 TACAACCTTTGCCATAACTATATATGGT 1567ATTGACAACCTTCGCCACTGA 1568 HVP68 68_fus_3551_PVT1_004_exon1AGTAGAAGTGCAGGCCAAAACAA 1569 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1570 HVP6868_fus_838_MYC_001_exon1 TCCGTGGTGTGCAACTGAA 1571 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC1572 HVP68 68_fus_3551_MYC_001_exon3 AGTAGAAGTGCAGGCCAAAACAA 1573GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1574 HVP68 68_fus_2801_PVT1_002_exon3ACAGGACAGTAAATGTATACAGGACCAT 1575 ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1576 HVP6868_fus_2801_MYC_001_exon2 ACAGGACAGTAAATGTATACAGGACCAT 1577AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 1578 HVP68 68_fus_838_PVT1_004_exon1TCCGTGGTGTGCAACTGAA 1579 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1580 HVP6868_unsp_1233_1234 AGACAACCGGCGTATACAGTG 1581 CACACTACTACAGTCCTCCCGTAT1582 HVP68 68_fus_3551_MYC_001_exon1 AGTAGAAGTGCAGGCCAAAACAA 1583CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 1584 HVP68 68_fus_2801_PVT1_004_exon1ACAGGACAGTAAATGTATACAGGACCAT 1585 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1586 HVP6868_unsp_129_130 GACATTGGACACTACATTGCATGAC 1587 GATTGGCATGCAGCAAATGGTA1588 HVP68 68_fus_2801_MYC_001_exon3 ACAGGACAGTAAATGTATACAGGACCAT 1589GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1590 HVP68 68_sp_1233_2510AGACAACCGGCGTATACAGTG 1591 CTGTTTTGGTCAAATGGAAATGC 1592 ATTAG HVP6868_unsp_696_697 CCACCAACATCTACTACTAGCCAGA 1593 CTGTTGTAGTGTCCGCAGGTT1594 HVP68 68_unsp_2509_2510 CCTAATACAAATAAAGTGTCCACCAAT 1595CTGTTTTGGTCAAATGGAAATGC 1596 GCT ATTAG HVP68 68_sp_129_312GACATTGGACACTACATTGCATGAC 1597 CTTCGTTTTGTTGTTAGGTGCCT 1598 TAG HVP6868_fus_3551_PVT1_002_exon3 AGTAGAAGTGCAGGCCAAAACAA 1599ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1600 HVP68 68_fus_3551_PVT1_005_exon1AGTAGAAGTGCAGGCCAAAACAA 1601 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 1602 HVP6868_sp_838_2510 TCCGTGGTGTGCAACTGAA 1603 CTGTTTTGGTCAAATGGAAATGC 1604ATTAG HVP68 68_unsp_838_839 TCCGTGGTGTGCAACTGAA 1605GACTGTGTCACCTGTTTGTTTAT 1606 CTACT HVP68 68_sp_838_5488TCCGTGGTGTGCAACTGAA 1607 ATTGACAACCTTCGCCACTGA 1608 HVP6868_fus_3551_MYC_001_exon2 AGTAGAAGTGCAGGCCAAAACAA 1609AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 1610 HVP68 68_fus_838_PVT1_002_exon3TCCGTGGTGTGCAACTGAA 1611 ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1612 HVP6868_fus_838_PVT1_005_exon1 TCCGTGGTGTGCAACTGAA 1613 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT1614 HVP68 68_sp_838_3292 TCCGTGGTGTGCAACTGAA 1615 TCGCGGTGGTGTTCTGTAG1616 HVP68 68_sp_3563_5488 AGTAGAAGTGCAGGCCAAAACAA 1617ATTGACAACCTTCGCCACTGA 1618 HVP68 68_fus_838_MYC_001_exon2TCCGTGGTGTGCAACTGAA 1619 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 1620 HVP68 68_sp_129_697GACATTGGACACTACATTGCATGAC 1621 CTGTTGTAGTGTCCGCAGGTT 1622 HVP6868_unsp_3291_3292 CTAGTGGAAAATGGGACGTGCATTATA 1623 TCGCGGTGGTGTTCTGTAG1624 HVP68 68_unsp_3563_3564 AGTAGAAGTGCAGGCCAAAACAA 1625AAGCGTTATGTTTTTGCAACCTA 1626 TACC HVP68 68_sp_1233_3292AGACAACCGGCGTATACAGTG 1627 TCGCGGTGGTGTTCTGTAG 1628 HVP6868_fus_838_MYC_001_exon3 TCCGTGGTGTGCAACTGAA 1629GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1630 HVP68 68_fus_2801_PVT1_005_exon1ACAGGACAGTAAATGTATACAGGACCAT 1631 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 1632 HVP6868_unsp_311_312 GGAATCGGTGTATGCAACTACATTAGAA 1633CTTCGTTTTGTTGTTAGGTGCCT 1634 TAG HVP68 68_gen_7154_7822CCCTGTGACTAACATATGTCCTTGT 1635 CCACACGGTATAGTTTGCAACCAT 1636 HVP6868_gen_5738_7147 GCCTGTGTTGGTGTTGAAATAGGTA 1637 TGCAACATTGTCCCTACTGTCTTT1638 AG HVP68 68_gen_3813_4090 GGTGTGGTTTTGTGTATGCATGT 1639GGTATACAGCAAACACCTCAAA 1640 TGGT HVP68 68_gen_1483_2260CGACACGCCGGAATGGATAA 1641 CGCTGCAGCATTACTATTACAAT 1642 CTG HVP7373_unsp_5493_5494 TGGGTCAGGTTTTATATTACACCCTAGT 1643GCTTACAACCTTAGACACAGACA 1644 CA HVP73 73_fus_2858_MYC_001_exon1GTATGAACGTGACAGTGTACACCTAA 1645 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 1646 HVP7373_sp_1287_3346 AAACGAAGACTGTTTGAGGAGCA 1647 TGGTGTTGGTGGTTGTGGT 1648HVP73 73_fus_3560_MYC_001_exon2 ACCTACATCCCACCACAGAGT 1649AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 1650 HVP73 73_sp_862_2570TGCTTATGGGTACACTAGGTATTGTGT 1651 GGGTTCCCATTACTGTCAAATGGA 1652 HVP7373_fus_862_MYC_001_exon3 TGCTTATGGGTACACTAGGTATTGTGT 1653GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1654 HVP73 73_sp_227_410AGCGTTATGTGACGAAGTGAATATTTCT 1655 CTGTTCTGCTATTTGATGAAACC 1656 GTTTTHVP73 73_sp_227_527 AGCGTTATGTGACGAAGTGAATATTTCT 1657TTCGGTTGTTGGTTTCAGGTCTAA 1658 HVP73 73_sp_862_3346TGCTTATGGGTACACTAGGTATTGTGT 1659 TGGTGTTGGTGGTTGTGGT 1660 HVP7373_unsp_3345_3346 GGGTAAAAGGCATATGGGAAGTACAT 1661 TGGTGTTGGTGGTTGTGGT1662 HVP73 73_unsp_2569_2570 CAAGTTAAATGCCCTCCATTACTGATAAC 1663GGGTTCCCATTACTGTCAAATGGA 1664 HVP73 73_fus_862_PVT1_004_exon1TGCTTATGGGTACACTAGGTATTGTGT 1665 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1666 HVP7373_unsp_3572_3573 ACCTACATCCCACCACAGAGT 1667 GTCCAATGCCATGTTGTTGTTACA1668 HVP73 73_fus_3560_PVT1_002_exon3 ACCTACATCCCACCACAGAGT 1669ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1670 HVP73 73_sp_862_5647TGCTTATGGGTACACTAGGTATTGTGT 1671 ACGAAGCCTAAACACCCTGTATTG 1672 HVP7373_fus_2858_PVT1_002_exon3 GTATGAACGTGACAGTGTACACCTAA 1673ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1674 HVP73 73_unsp_726_727ACTCAGAGGATGAGGATGAAACAGA 1675 CCTAGTGTACCCATAAGCAACTC 1676 TTCTA HVP7373_sp_3572_5494 ACCTACATCCCACCACAGAGT 1677 GCTTACAACCTTAGACACAGACA 1678CA HVP73 73_unsp_1287_1288 AAACGAAGACTGTTTGAGGAGCA 1679GACACAATTTGGTTGCCTTCTTC 1680 ATTAA HVP73 73_fus_862_MYC_001_exon2TGCTTATGGGTACACTAGGTATTGTGT 1681 AATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 1682 HVP7373_unsp_5646_5647 TGCAGGTAGCACACGTTTGT 1683 ACGAAGCCTAAACACCCTGTATTG1684 HVP73 73_fus_3560_PVT1_005_exon1 ACCTACATCCCACCACAGAGT 1685TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 1686 HVP73 73_unsp_862_863TGCTTATGGGTACACTAGGTATTGTGT 1687 TGGAATTGGATCCCCTGTTTTTC 1688 TTT HVP7373_fus_862_PVT1_005_exon1 TGCTTATGGGTACACTAGGTATTGTGT 1689TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 1690 HVP73 73_fus_862_MYC_001_exon1TGCTTATGGGTACACTAGGTATTGTGT 1691 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 1692 HVP7373_sp_862_5494 TGCTTATGGGTACACTAGGTATTGTGT 1693 GCTTACAACCTTAGACACAGACA1694 CA HVP73 73_fus_2858_PVT1_004_exon1 GTATGAACGTGACAGTGTACACCTAA 1695CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1696 HVP73 73_unsp_227_228AGCGTTATGTGACGAAGTGAATATTTCT 1697 AAAATTTTAAACACGGTTGACAT 1698 ACACHVP73 73_fus_2858_MYC_001_exon2 GTATGAACGTGACAGTGTACACCTAA 1699AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 1700 HVP73 73_fus_2858_PVT1_005_exon1GTATGAACGTGACAGTGTACACCTAA 1701 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 1702 HVP7373_fus_862_PVT1_002_exon3 TGCTTATGGGTACACTAGGTATTGTGT 1703ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1704 HVP73 73_unsp_409_410AGACAATCAGTATATGGCACTACGTTA 1705 CTGTTCTGCTATTTGATGAAACC 1706 GA GTTTTHVP73 73_fus_3560_PVT1_004_exon1 ACCTACATCCCACCACAGAGT 1707CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1708 HVP73 73_sp_227_2570AGCGTTATGTGACGAAGTGAATATTTCT 1709 GGGTTCCCATTACTGTCAAATGGA 1710 HVP7373_fus_3560_MYC_001_exon1 ACCTACATCCCACCACAGAGT 1711 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC1712 HVP73 73_fus_3560_MYC_001_exon3 ACCTACATCCCACCACAGAGT 1713GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1714 HVP73 73_sp_1287_2570AAACGAAGACTGTTTGAGGAGCA 1715 GGGTTCCCATTACTGTCAAATGGA 1716 HVP7373_sp_227_727 AGCGTTATGTGACGAAGTGAATATTTCT 1717 CCTAGTGTACCCATAAGCAACTC1718 TTCTA HVP73 73_sp_227_3346 AGCGTTATGTGACGAAGTGAATATTTCT 1719TGGTGTTGGTGGTTGTGGT 1720 HVP73 73_fus_2858_MYC_001_exon3GTATGAACGTGACAGTGTACACCTAA 1721 GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1722 HVP7373_sp_3572_5647 ACCTACATCCCACCACAGAGT 1723 ACGAAGCCTAAACACCCTGTATTG 1724HVP73 73_gen_3822_4053 TCGCTTGCAGTGTCTGTGTATATTT 1725CATGGTAATGTACAAGTGCCAT 1726 AGGA HVP73 73_gen_1537_2320GAACGCATGTTAATTGAACCTCCAA 1727 GCTGCACTAACGTTTGTCTTTTA 1728 ATCC HVP7373_gen_5897_7198 TGTATTTTAGGTTGTAGGCCTCCCTTA 1729CTCCAAAGCCAACATCTATCATA 1730 TCAC HVP73 73_gen_7205_7700GTCGCCATTTTACATGCATTAAGGT 1731 AGGAAACAAACCCTGCCAAGTT 1732 HVP8282_sp_3613_5571 TGCGACCACCAAATACACTGT 1733 GTGTTGACAATGCGTGACACT 1734HVP82 82_fus_3601_MYC_001_exon1 TGCGACCACCAAATACACTGT 1735CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 1736 HVP82 82_fus_2860_MYC_001_exon3GTGCCAGGAGAAAATACTAGACTGTTAT 1737 GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1738 HVP8282_fus_2860_PVT1_005_exon1 GTGCCAGGAGAAAATACTAGACTGTTAT 1739TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 1740 HVP82 82_fus_2860_MYC_001_exon1GTGCCAGGAGAAAATACTAGACTGTTAT 1741 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC 1742 HVP8282_unsp_1316_1317 CCGGACAGTGGATATGGCAATA 1743 GGTCTATCTCTGTACTTCTGTCG1744 CT HVP82 82_sp_222_753 CCTGCAATACGTCTATGCACAAT 1745CCAGTAACATTTGCTGAAATATG 1746 CGAA HVP82 82_unsp_752_753GGAGGATGAAGTAGATAATATGCGTG 1747 CCAGTAACATTTGCTGAAATATG 1748 AC CGAAHVP82 82_unsp_3344_3345 GGGCACAACAATGGGAGGTA 1749 GGGTGTTCGATAGCTGTTCAA1750 HVP82 82_unsp_3613_3614 TGCGACCACCAAATACACTGT 1751CAATGCCAGGTAGATGACACTT 1752 CTTTAA HVP82 82_unsp_5570_5571GGGATTACTACTTTGTGGCCGTATA 1753 GTGTTGACAATGCGTGACACT 1754 HVP8282_sp_222_407 CCTGCAATACGTCTATGCACAAT 1755 TTTTTTGTCGTCCACCACCTTTTG 1756HVP82 82_fus_3601_MYC_001_exon3 TGCGACCACCAAATACACTGT 1757GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1758 HVP82 82_fus_888_MYC_001_exon2CGTGGTGTGCGACCAACTAA 1759 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 1760 HVP8282_fus_888_MYC_001_exon1 CGTGGTGTGCGACCAACTAA 1761 CTGAGAAGCCCTGCCCTTC1762 HVP82 82_sp_222_3345 CCTGCAATACGTCTATGCACAAT 1763GGGTGTTCGATAGCTGTTCAA 1764 HVP82 82_unsp_222_223 CCTGCAATACGTCTATGCACAAT1765 CATGCTGCATATGGCGTATTGTC 1766 HVP82 82_unsp_406_407GTAGGTCTGTGTATGGTGCTACATT 1767 TTTTTTGTCGTCCACCACCTTTTG 1768 HVP8282_fus_3601_PVT1_002_exon3 TGCGACCACCAAATACACTGT 1769ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1770 HVP82 82_fus_3601_PVT1_005_exon1TGCGACCACCAAATACACTGT 1771 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT 1772 HVP82 82_sp_1316_3345CCGGACAGTGGATATGGCAATA 1773 GGGTGTTCGATAGCTGTTCAA 1774 HVP8282_sp_888_5571 CGTGGTGTGCGACCAACTAA 1775 GTGTTGACAATGCGTGACACT 1776HVP82 82_fus_888_PVT1_004_exon1 CGTGGTGTGCGACCAACTAA 1777CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1778 HVP82 82_sp_888_2575 CGTGGTGTGCGACCAACTAA1779 CATCATTTAGTGCATATACAGGA 1780 TTCCC HVP82 82_sp_888_3345CGTGGTGTGCGACCAACTAA 1781 GGGTGTTCGATAGCTGTTCAA 1782 HVP8282_fus_2860_PVT1_004_exon1 GTGCCAGGAGAAAATACTAGACTGTTAT 1783CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1784 HVP82 82_sp_1316_2575 CCGGACAGTGGATATGGCAATA1785 CATCATTTAGTGCATATACAGGA 1786 TTCCC HVP82 82_fus_3601_PVT1_004_exon1TGCGACCACCAAATACACTGT 1787 CATGGTTCCACCAGCGTTATT 1788 HVP8282_fus_888_PVT1_005_exon1 CGTGGTGTGCGACCAACTAA 1789 TCTTTGCTCGCAGCTCGT1790 HVP82 82_sp_222_2575 CCTGCAATACGTCTATGCACAAT 1791CATCATTTAGTGCATATACAGGA 1792 TTCCC HVP82 82_fus_888_MYC_001_exon3CGTGGTGTGCGACCAACTAA 1793 GGTGATCCAGACTCTGACCTTTTG 1794 HVP8282_unsp_888_889 CGTGGTGTGCGACCAACTAA 1795 TTGTCAACTACTGCCTCCACATA 1796AAA HVP82 82_sp_222_521 CCTGCAATACGTCTATGCACAAT 1797TCCAACACTATGTCCTTTAATTGT 1798 GGT HVP82 82_fus_3601_MYC_001_exon2TGCGACCACCAAATACACTGT 1799 AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 1800 HVP8282_fus_2860_MYC_001_exon2 GTGCCAGGAGAAAATACTAGACTGTTAT 1801AAATACGGCTGCACCGAGT 1802 HVP82 82_fus_2860_PVT1_002_exon3GTGCCAGGAGAAAATACTAGACTGTTAT 1803 ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1804 HVP8282_fus_888_PVT1_002_exon3 CGTGGTGTGCGACCAACTAA 1805ATCATGATGGCTGTATGTGCCA 1806 HVP82 82_unsp_2574_2575 ACACAGAAGCCTGCTGCAAA1807 CATCATTTAGTGCATATACAGGA 1808 TTCCC HVP82 82_gen_7220_7871CCTGTAGGTTAAGGGTGGTGTT 1809 AAATCGGTCGCCACAAAATGG 1810 HVP8282_gen_1566_2325 CGTAGTACAGCCGTTGCATTG 1811 CCCATTGTACCATTTGCGATAGTT1812 HVP82 82_gen_5821_7213 GGATGTGTTGGTGTTGAAGTAGGTA 1813TCCTGTTGGTCGTTGCCATT 1814 HVP82 82_gen_3863_4134GCTGCTAAGTGTATATAGTTACTCGCA 1815 CTGCTGCAAACACATATTGGGATT 1816

17.13 Summary of Example 17

The method according to the present invention described in Example 17comprises:

1. Extraction of the viral RNA (Example 17.5) from a biological sample(Example 17.4),2. Reverse transcription of the RNAs into cDNA with random hexamers(Example 17.6),3. Amplification of the cDNA by multiplex PCR (Example 7) to generate aDNA sequence database.

The multiplex amplification is performed with HPV-specific primer pairs(Example 17.3)

The primers are designed specifically for each of the HPV genomespresent in the database (Example 17.2).

The primers are modified to make them compatible with thehigh-throughput sequencing technique that is used.

4. High throughput sequencing of the DNA library and generation of“sequencing reads” (Example 17.8),5. Aligning reads (Example 8) with the sequences of the HPV genomespresent in the database (Examples 17.3 and 17.8).6. Computing a score R (Example 17.11) whose the different possiblecomputing are ratios described in Table 13. In this case, the ratio isdefined as the ratio between the number of reads generated by at least 2of pairs of primers described herein.

1. A method for determining a patient risk of developing oncogenic virusinduced cancer, such as polyoma virus or group alpha HPV, preferablygroup alpha HPV, comprising: a) enrichment of the viral RNAs in a sampleusing random or consensus pre-amplification and/or specific reversetranscriptase reaction, preferably consensus pre-amplification, b)sequencing cDNA produced in step a), and generating reads of said cDNA,c) determining the number of reads matching said viruses based onspecies discrimination and determining the most prevalent high riskspecies present in the sample relative to other species, d) determiningwithin said most prevalent high risk species the relative number ofreads matching at least one oncogenic gene compared to at least one nononcogenic gene, preferably oncogenic genes compared to non oncogenicgenes, e) computing ratios within said high risk species of readsmatching at least one oncogenic gene versus corresponding interspeciesstructural or regulatory gene, preferably oncogenic genes versuscorresponding interspecies structural or regulatory genes, f)determining risk of developing oncogenic virus induced cancer inpatients in which said ratio tend towards infinity.
 2. The methodaccording to claim 1, wherein the enrichment of the viral RNAs isperformed by a reverse transcription of the viral RNAs, and anamplification of the produced cDNA by multiplex-PCR with a group alphaHPV-specific composition of primers encompassing splice junctions,genomic and unspliced regions, and human fusion transcript regions ofeach HPV transcript.
 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein thereverse transcription is performed with random hexamers, or wherein thereverse transcription is performed with HPV-specific primers, or whereinthe reverse transcription and the multiplex amplification are performedin the same tube. 4-5. (canceled)
 6. The method according to claim 2,wherein the group alpha HPV-specific composition of primers comprises atleast one of, preferably all, the following groups of pairs of primers:the HPV16-specific primers comprising or consisting of the primers ofSEQ ID NOs: 219-258 for HPV16 genomic and unspliced transcripts, SEQ IDNOs: 259-352 for HPV16 spliced transcripts and SEQ ID NOs: 353-376 forHPV16-human fusion transcripts (including the pairs of primers of SEQ IDNO: 219-220; 221-222; 223-224; 225-226; 227-228; 229-230; 231-232;233-234; 235-236; 237-238; 239-240; 241-242; 243-244; 245-246; 247-248;249-250; 251-252; 253-254; 255-256; 257-258; 259-260; 261-262; 263-264;265-266; 267-268; 269-270; 271-272; 273-274; 275-276; 277-278; 279-280;281-282; 283-284; 285-286; 287-288; 289-290; 291-292; 293-294; 295-296;297-298; 299-300; 301-302; 303-304; 305-306; 307-308; 309-310; 311-312;313-314; 315-316; 317-318; 319-320; 321-322; 323-324; 325-326; 327-328;329-330; 331-332; 333-334; 335-336; 337-338; 339-340; 341-342; 343-344;345-346; 347-348; 349-350; 351-352; 353-354; 355-356; 357-358; 359-360;361-362; 363-364; 365-366; 367-368; 369-370; 371-372; 373-374; 375-376)or 377-470 (including the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO. 377-378;379-380; 381-382; 383-384; 385-386; 387-388; 389-390; 391-392; 393-394;395-396; 397-398; 399-400; 401-402; 403-404; 405-406; 407-408; 409-410;411-412; 413-414; 415-416; 417-418; 419-420; 421-422; 423-424; 425-426;427-428; 429-430; 431-432; 433-434; 435-436; 437-438; 439-440; 441-442;443-444; 445-446; 447-448; 449-450; 451-452; 453-454; 455-456; 457-458;459-460; 461-462; 463-464; 465-466; 467-468 and; 469-470); and/or, theHPV18-specific primers comprising or consisting of the primers of SEQ IDNO. 471-574 (including the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO.: 471-472;473-474; 475-476; 477-478; 479-480; 481-482; 483-484; 485-486; 487-488;489-490; 491-492; 493-494; 495-496; 497-498; 499-500; 501-502; 503-504;505-506; 507-508; 509-510; 511-512; 513-514; 515-516; 517-518; 519-520;521-522; 523-524; 525-526; 527-528; 529-530; 531-532; 533-534; 535-536;537-538; 539-540; 541-542; 543-544; 545-546; 547-548; 549-550; 551-552;553-554; 555-556; 557-558; 559-560; 561-562; 563-564; 565-566; 567-568;569-570; 571-572; 573-574); and/or, the HPV31-specific primerscomprising or consisting of the primers of SEQ ID NO. 575-668 (includingthe pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO.: 575-576; 577-578; 579-580; 581-582;583-584; 585-586; 587-588; 589-590; 591-592; 593-594; 595-596; 597-598;599-600; 601-602; 603-604; 605-606; 607-608; 609-610; 611-612; 613-614;615-616; 617-618; 619-620; 621-622; 623-624; 625-626; 627-628; 629-630;631-632; 633-634; 635-636; 637-638; 639-640; 641-642; 643-644; 645-646;647-648; 649-650; 651-652; 653-654; 655-656; 657-658; 659-660; 661-662;663-664; 665-666; 667-668); and/or, the HPV33-specific primerscomprising or consisting of SEQ ID NO. 669-756 (including the pairs ofprimers of SEQ ID NO.: 669-670; 671-672; 673-674; 675-676; 677-678;679-680; 681-682; 683-684; 685-686; 687-688; 689-690; 691-692; 693-694;695-696; 697-698; 699-700; 701-702; 703-704; 705-706; 707-708; 709-710;711-712; 713-714; 715-716; 717-718; 719-720; 721-722; 723-724; 725-726;727-728; 729-730; 731-732; 733-734; 735-736; 737-738; 739-740; 741-742;743-744; 745-746; 747-748; 749-750; 751-752; 753-754; 755-756); and/or,the HPV35-specific primers comprising or consisting of the primers ofSEQ ID NO. 757-848 (including the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO.:757-758; 759-760; 761-762; 763-764; 765-766; 767-768; 769-770; 771-772;773-774; 775-776; 777-778; 779-780; 781-782; 783-784; 785-786; 787-788;789-790; 791-792; 793-794; 795-796; 797-798; 799-800; 801-802; 803-804;805-806; 807-808; 809-810; 811-812; 813-814; 815-816; 817-818; 819-820;821-822; 823-824; 825-826; 827-828; 829-830; 831-832; 833-834; 835-836;837-838; 839-840; 841-842; 843-844; 845-846; 847-848); and/or, theHPV39-specific primers comprising or consisting of the primers of SEQ IDNO. 849-928 (including the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO.: 849-850;851-852; 853-854; 855-856; 857-858; 859-860; 861-862; 863-864; 865-866;867-868; 869-870; 871-872; 873-874; 875-876; 877-878; 879-880; 881-882;883-884; 885-886; 887-888; 889-890; 891-892; 893-894; 895-896; 897-898;899-900; 901-902; 903-904; 905-906; 907-908; 909-910; 911-912; 913-914;915-916; 917-918; 919-920; 921-922; 923-924; 925-926; 927-928); and/or,the HPV45-specific primers comprising or consisting of the primers ofSEQ ID NO. 929-1020 (including the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO.:929-930; 931-932; 933-934; 935-936; 937-938; 939-940; 941-942; 943-944;945-946; 947-948; 949-950; 951-952; 953-954; 955-956; 957-958; 959-960;961-962; 963-964; 965-966; 967-968; 969-970; 971-972; 973-974; 975-976;977-978; 979-980; 981-982; 983-984; 985-986; 987-988; 989-990; 991-992;993-994; 995-996; 997-998; 999-1000; 1001-1002; 1003-1004; 1005-1006;1007-1008; 1009-1010; 1011-1012; 1013-1014; 1015-1016; 1017-1018;1019-1020); and/or, the HPV51-specific primers comprising or consistingof the primers of SEQ ID NO. 1021-1102 (including the pairs of primersof SEQ ID NO.: 1021-1022; 1023-1024; 1025-1026; 1027-1028; 1029-1030;1031-1032; 1033-1034; 1035-1036; 1037-1038; 1039-1040; 1041-1042;1043-1044; 1045-1046; 1047-1048; 1049-1050; 1051-1052; 1053-1054;1055-1056; 1057-1058; 1059-1060; 1061-1062; 1063-1064; 1065-1066;1067-1068; 1069-1070; 1071-1072; 1073-1074; 1075-1076; 1077-1078;1079-1080; 1081-1082; 1083-1084; 1085-1086; 1087-1088; 1089-1090;1091-1092; 1093-1094; 1095-1096; 1097-1098; 1099-1100; 1101-1102);and/or, the HPV52-specific primers comprising or consisting of theprimers of SEQ ID NO. 1103-1200 (including the pairs of primers of SEQID NO.: 1103-1104; 1105-1106; 1107-1108; 1109-1110; 1111-1112;1113-1114; 1115-1116; 1117-1118; 1119-1120; 1121-1122; 1123-1124;1125-1126; 1127-1128; 1129-1130; 1131-1132; 1133-1134; 1135-1136;1137-1138; 1139-1140; 1141-1142; 1143-1144; 1145-1146; 1147-1148;1149-1150; 1151-1152; 1153-1154; 1155-1156; 1157-1158; 1159-1160;1161-1162; 1163-1164; 1165-1166; 1167-1168; 1169-1170; 1171-1172;1173-1174; 1175-1176; 1177-1178; 1179-1180; 1181-1182; 1183-1184;1185-1186; 1187-1188; 1189-1190; 1191-1192; 1193-1194; 1195-1196;1197-1198; 1199-1200); and/or, the HPV56-specific primers comprising orconsisting of the primers of SEQ ID NO. 1201-1296 (including the pairsof primers of SEQ ID NO.: 1201-1202; 1203-1204; 1205-1206; 1207-1208;1209-1210; 1211-1212; 1213-1214; 1215-1216; 1217-1218; 1219-1220;1221-1222; 1223-1224; 1225-1226; 1227-1228; 1229-1230; 1231-1232;1233-1234; 1235-1236; 1237-1238; 1239-1240; 1241-1242; 1243-1244;1245-1246; 1247-1248; 1249-1250; 1251-1252; 1253-1254; 1255-1256;1257-1258; 1259-1260; 1261-1262; 1263-1264; 1265-1266; 1267-1268;1269-1270; 1271-1272; 1273-1274; 1275-1276; 1277-1278; 1279-1280;1281-1282; 1283-1284; 1285-1286; 1287-1288; 1289-1290; 1291-1292;1293-1294; 1295-1296); and/or, the HPV58-specific primers comprising orconsisting of the primers of SEQ ID NO. 1297-1382 (including the pairsof primers of SEQ ID NO.: 1297-1298; 1299-1300; 1301-1302; 1303-1304;1305-1306; 1307-1308; 1309-1310; 1311-1312; 1313-1314; 1315-1316;1317-1318; 1319-1320; 1321-1322; 1323-1324; 1325-1326; 1327-1328;1329-1330; 1331-1332; 1333-1334; 1335-1336; 1337-1338; 1339-1340;1341-1342; 1343-1344; 1345-1346; 1347-1348; 1349-1350; 1351-1352;1353-1354; 1355-1356; 1357-1358; 1359-1360; 1361-1362; 1363-1364;1365-1366; 1367-1368; 1369-1370; 1371-1372; 1373-1374; 1375-1376;1377-1378; 1379-1380; 1381-1382); and/or, the HPV59-specific primerscomprising or consisting of the primers of SEQ ID NO. 1383-1470(including the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO.: 1383-1384; 1385-1386;1387-1388; 1389-1390; 1391-1392; 1393-1394; 1395-1396; 1397-1398;1399-1400; 1401-1402; 1403-1404; 1405-1406; 1407-1408; 1409-1410;1411-1412; 1413-1414; 1415-1416; 1417-1418; 1419-1420; 1421-1422;1423-1424; 1425-1426; 1427-1428; 1429-1430; 1431-1432; 1433-1434;1435-1436; 1437-1438; 1439-1440; 1441-1442; 1443-1444; 1445-1446;1447-1448; 1449-1450; 1451-1452; 1453-1454; 1455-1456; 1457-1458;1459-1460; 1461-1462; 1463-1464; 1465-1466; 1467-1468; 1469-1470);and/or, the HPV66-specific primers comprising or consisting of theprimers of SEQ ID NO. 1471-1560 (including the pairs of primers of SEQID NO.: 1471-1472; 1473-1474; 1475-1476; 1477-1478; 1479-1480;1481-1482; 1483-1484; 1485-1486; 1487-1488; 1489-1490; 1491-1492;1493-1494; 1495-1496; 1497-1498; 1499-1500; 1501-1502; 1503-1504;1505-1506; 1507-1508; 1509-1510; 1511-1512; 1513-1514; 1515-1516;1517-1518; 1519-1520; 1521-1522; 1523-1524; 1525-1526; 1527-1528;1529-1530; 1531-1532; 1533-1534; 1535-1536; 1537-1538; 1539-1540;1541-1542; 1543-1544; 1545-1546; 1547-1548; 1549-1550; 1551-1552;1553-1554; 1555-1556; 1557-1558; 1559-1560; and/or, the HPV68-specificprimers comprising or consisting of the primers of SEQ ID NO. 1561-1642(including the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO.: 1561-1562; 1563-1564;1565-1566; 1567-1568; 1569-1570; 1571-1572; 1573-1574; 1575-1576;1577-1578; 1579-1580; 1581-1582; 1583-1584; 1585-1586; 1587-1588;1589-1590; 1591-1592; 1593-1594; 1595-1596; 1597-1598; 1599-1600;1601-1602; 1603-1604; 1605-1606; 1607-1608; 1609-1610; 1611-1612;1613-1614; 1615-1616; 1617-1618; 1619-1620; 1621-1622; 1623-1624;1625-1626; 1627-1628; 1629-1630; 1631-1632; 1633-1634; 1635-1636;1637-1638; 1639-1640; 1641-1642); and/or, the HPV73-specific primerscomprising or consisting of the primers of SEQ ID NO. 1643-1732(including the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO.: 1643-1644; 1645-1646;1647-1648; 1649-1650; 1651-1652; 1653-1654; 1655-1656; 1657-1658;1659-1660; 1661-1662; 1663-1664; 1665-1666; 1667-1668; 1669-1670;1671-1672; 1673-1674; 1675-1676; 1677-1678; 1679-1680; 1681-1682;1683-1684; 1685-1686; 1687-1688; 1689-1690; 1691-1692; 1693-1694;1695-1696; 1697-1698; 1699-1700; 1701-1702; 1703-1704; 1705-1706;1707-1708; 1709-1710; 1711-1712; 1713-1714; 1715-1716; 1717-1718;1719-1720; 1721-1722; 1723-1724; 1725-1726; 1727-1728; 1729-1730;1731-1732); and/or, the HPV82-specific primers comprising or consistingof the primers of SEQ ID NO. 1733-1816 (including the pairs of primersof SEQ ID NO.: 1733-1734; 1735-1736; 1737-1738; 1739-1740; 1741-1742;1743-1744; 1745-1746; 1747-1748; 1749-1750; 1751-1752; 1753-1754;1755-1756; 1757-1758; 1759-1760; 1761-1762; 1763-1764; 1765-1766;1767-1768; 1769-1770; 1771-1772; 1773-1774; 1775-1776; 1777-1778;1779-1780; 1781-1782; 1783-1784; 1785-1786; 1787-1788; 1789-1790;1791-1792; 1793-1794; 1795-1796; 1797-1798; 1799-1800; 1801-1802;1803-1804; 1805-1806; 1807-1808; 1809-1810; 1811-1812; 1813-1814;1815-1816).
 7. The method according to claim 2, wherein the group alphaHPV-specific composition of primers comprises at least one of,preferably all, the following groups of pairs of primers: SD1-SA1 groupconsisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO: 397-398; 521-522;609-610; 695-696; 819-820; 865-866; 947-948; 1067-1068; 1119-1120;1267-1268; 1325-1326; 1507-1508; 1597-1598; 1655-1656; 1755-1756;and/or, SD1-SA2 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:459-460; 633-634; 687-688; 1111-1112; 1235-1236; 1341-1342; 1503-1504;1657-1658; 1797-1798; and/or, SD1-SA3 group consisting of the pairs ofprimers of SEQ ID NO: 381-382; 541-542; 599-600; 903-904; 941-942;1047-1048; 1135-1136; 1287-1288; 1459-1460; 1473-1474; 1621-1622;1717-1718; 1745-1746; and/or, SD1-SA4 group consisting of the pairs ofprimers of SEQ ID NO: 413-414; 551-552; 637-638; 713-714; 793-794;857-858; 981-982; 1093-1094; 1179-1180; 1227-1228; 1319-1320; 1413-1414;1509-1510; 1563-1564; 1709-1710; 1791-1792; and/or, SD1-SA5 groupconsisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO: 453-454; 549-550;613-614; 747-748; 761-762; 949-950; 1163-1164; 1249-1250; 1329-1330;1453-1454; 1501-1502; and/or, SD1-SA6 group consisting of the pairs ofprimers of SEQ ID NO: 431-432; 595-596; 719-720; 827-828; 1089-1090;1137-1138; 1285-1286; 1353-1354; 1561-1562; 1719-1720; 1763-1764;and/or, SD1-SA7 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:919-920; 1449-1450; and/or, SD1-SA8 group consisting of the pairs ofprimers of SEQ ID NO: 489-490; 963-964; 1519-1520; and/or, SD2-SA4 groupconsisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO: 387-388; 473-474;615-616; 745-746; 815-816; 849-850; 933-934; 1091-1092; 1177-1178;1209-1210; 1367-1368; 1437-1438; 1521-1522; 1603-1604; 1651-1652;1779-1780; and/or, SD2-SA5 group consisting of the pairs of primers ofSEQ ID NO: 455-456; 529-530; 629-630; 717-718; 777-778; 975-976;1153-1154; 1273-1274; 1347-1348; 1451-1452; 1531-1532; and/or, SD2-SA6group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO: 399-400; 645-646;727-728; 811-812; 1079-1080; 1127-1128; 1253-1254; 1369-1370; 1615-1616;1659-1660; 1781-1782; and/or, SD2-SA7 group consisting of the pairs ofprimers of SEQ ID NO: 531-532; 899-900; 943-944; 1411-1412; 1495-1496;and/or, SD2-SA9 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO:437-438; 505-506; 607-608; 739-740; 785-786; 887-888; 979-980;1063-1064; 1185-1186; 1233-1234; 1297-1298; 1423-1424; 1491-1492;1607-1608; 1693-1694; 1775-1776; and/or, SD2-SA10 group consisting ofthe pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO: 545-546; 831-832; 1149-1150;1269-1270; 1427-1428; 1671-1672; and/or, SD3-SA4 group consisting of thepairs of primers of SEQ ID NO: 379-380; 483-484; 611-612; 721-722;833-834; 911-912; 937-938; 1053-1054; 1139-1140; 1251-1252; 1335-1336;1435-1436; 1487-1488; 1591-1592; 1715-1716; 1785-1786; and/or, SD3-SA5group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO: 415-416; 493-494;593-594; 733-734; 817-818; 993-994; 1145-1146; 1243-1244; 1337-1338;1401-1402; 1483-1484; and/or, SD3-SA6 group consisting of the pairs ofprimers of SEQ ID NO: 435-436; 655-656; 673-674; 813-814; 1045-1046;1173-1174; 1241-1242; 1303-1304; 1557-1558; 1627-1628; 1647-1648;1773-1774; and/or, SD3-SA7 group consisting of the pairs of primers ofSEQ ID NO: 855-856; 1387-1388; and/or, SD3-SA8 group consisting of thepairs of primers of SEQ ID NO: 511-512; 957-958; 1529-1530; and/or,SD5-SA9 group consisting of the pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO: 419-420;527-528; 567-568; 587-588; 683-684; 775-776; 891-892; 999-1000;1041-1042; 1113-1114; 1247-1248; 1371-1372; 1403-1404; 1511-1512;1617-1618; 1677-1678; 1733-1734; and/or, SD5-SA10 group consisting ofthe pairs of primers of SEQ ID NO: 495-496; 837-838; 1183-1184;1279-1280; 1433-1434; 1723-1724.
 8. The method according to claim 7,wherein the group alpha HPV-specific composition of primers comprisesone of the following groups of pairs of primers: the group of pairs ofprimers of SEQ ID NO: 397-398; 521-522; 609-610; 695-696; 819-820;865-866; 947-948; 1067-1068; 1119-1120; 1267-1268; 1325-1326; 1507-1508;1597-1598; 1655-1656; 1755-1756; 459-460; 633-634; 687-688; 1111-1112;1235-1236; 1341-1342; 1503-1504; 1657-1658; 1797-1798; 381-382; 541-542;599-600; 903-904; 941-942; 1047-1048; 1135-1136; 1287-1288; 1459-1460;1473-1474; 1621-1622; 1717-1718; 1745-1746; 413-414; 551-552; 637-638;713-714; 793-794; 857-858; 981-982; 1093-1094; 1179-1180; 1227-1228;1319-1320; 1413-1414; 1509-1510; 1563-1564; 1709-1710; 1791-1792;453-454; 549-550; 613-614; 747-748; 761-762; 949-950; 1163-1164;1249-1250; 1329-1330; 1453-1454; 1501-1502; 431-432; 595-596; 719-720;827-828; 1089-1090; 1137-1138; 1285-1286; 1353-1354; 1561-1562;1719-1720; 1763-1764; 919-920; 1449-1450; 489-490; 963-964; 1519-1520;387-388; 473-474; 615-616; 745-746; 815-816; 849-850; 933-934;1091-1092; 1177-1178; 1209-1210; 1367-1368; 1437-1438; 1521-1522;1603-1604; 1651-1652; 1779-1780; 455-456; 529-530; 629-630; 717-718;777-778; 975-976; 1153-1154; 1273-1274; 1347-1348; 1451-1452; 1531-1532;399-400; 645-646; 727-728; 811-812; 1079-1080; 1127-1128; 1253-1254;1369-1370; 1615-1616; 1659-1660; 1781-1782; 531-532; 899-900; 943-944;1411-1412; 1495-1496; 437-438; 505-506; 607-608; 739-740; 785-786;887-888; 979-980; 1063-1064; 1185-1186; 1233-1234; 1297-1298; 1423-1424;1491-1492; 1607-1608; 1693-1694; 1775-1776; 545-546; 831-832; 1149-1150;1269-1270; 1427-1428; 1671-1672; 379-380; 483-484; 611-612; 721-722;833-834; 911-912; 937-938; 1053-1054; 1139-1140; 1251-1252; 1335-1336;1435-1436; 1487-1488; 1591-1592; 1715-1716; 1785-1786; 415-416; 493-494;593-594; 733-734; 817-818; 993-994; 1145-1146; 1243-1244; 1337-1338;1401-1402; 1483-1484; 435-436; 655-656; 673-674; 813-814; 1045-1046;1173-1174; 1241-1242; 1303-1304; 1557-1558; 1627-1628; 1647-1648;1773-1774; 855-856; 1387-1388; 511-512; 957-958; 1529-1530; 477-478;419-420; 527-528; 567-568; 587-588; 683-684; 775-776; 891-892; 999-1000;1041-1042; 1113-1114; 1247-1248; 1371-1372; 1403-1404; 1511-1512;1617-1618; 1677-1678; 1733-1734; 495-496; 837-838; 1183-1184; 1279-1280;1433-1434; 1723-1724; 1011-1012; 557-558; or, the group of pairs ofprimers of SEQ ID NO: 229-230; 233-234; 235-236; 245-246; 247-248;249-250; 251-252; 255-256; 257-258; 265-266; 273-274; 275-276; 277-278;279-280; 281-282; 289-290; 291-292; 295-296; 297-298; 299-300; 301-302;303-304; 305-306; 307-308; 309-310; 311-312; 319-320; 321-322; 323-324;325-326; 327-328; 329-330; 331-332; 333-334; 335-336; 337-338; 341-342;343-344; 345-346; 347-348; 349-350; 351-352; 377-378; 379-380; 381-382;383-384; 385-386; 387-388; 389-390; 391-392; 393-394; 395-396; 397-398;399-400; 401-402; 403-404; 405-406; 407-408; 409-410; 411-412; 413-414;415-416; 417-418; 419-420; 421-422; 423-424; 425-426; 427-428; 429-430;431-432; 433-434; 435-436; 437-438; 439-440; 441-442; 443-444; 445-446;447-448; 449-450; 451-452; 453-454; 455-456; 457-458; 459-460; 461-462;463-464; 465-466; 467-468; 469-470; 471-472; 473-474; 475-476; 477-478;479-480; 481-482; 483-484; 485-486; 487-488; 489-490; 491-492; 493-494;495-496; 497-498; 499-500; 501-502; 503-504; 505-506; 507-508; 509-510;511-512; 513-514; 515-516; 517-518; 519-520; 521-522; 523-524; 525-526;527-528; 529-530; 531-532; 533-534; 535-536; 537-538; 539-540; 541-542;543-544; 545-546; 547-548; 549-550; 551-552; 553-554; 555-556; 557-558;559-560; 561-562; 563-564; 565-566; 567-568; 569-570; 571-572; 573-574;575-576; 577-578; 579-580; 581-582; 583-584; 585-586; 587-588; 589-590;591-592; 593-594; 595-596; 597-598; 599-600; 601-602; 603-604; 605-606;607-608; 609-610; 611-612; 613-614; 615-616; 617-618; 619-620; 621-622;623-624; 625-626; 627-628; 629-630; 631-632; 633-634; 635-636; 637-638;639-640; 641-642; 643-644; 645-646; 647-648; 649-650; 651-652; 653-654;655-656; 657-658; 659-660; 661-662; 663-664; 665-666; 667-668; 669-670;671-672; 673-674; 675-676; 677-678; 679-680; 681-682; 683-684; 685-686;687-688; 689-690; 691-692; 693-694; 695-696; 697-698; 699-700; 701-702;703-704; 705-706; 707-708; 709-710; 711-712; 713-714; 715-716; 717-718;719-720; 721-722; 723-724; 725-726; 727-728; 729-730; 731-732; 733-734;735-736; 737-738; 739-740; 741-742; 743-744; 745-746; 747-748; 749-750;751-752; 753-754; 755-756; 757-758; 759-760; 761-762; 763-764; 765-766;767-768; 769-770; 771-772; 773-774; 775-776; 777-778; 779-780; 781-782;783-784; 785-786; 787-788; 789-790; 791-792; 793-794; 795-796; 797-798;799-800; 801-802; 803-804; 805-806; 807-808; 809-810; 811-812; 813-814;815-816; 817-818; 819-820; 821-822; 823-824; 825-826; 827-828; 829-830;831-832; 833-834; 835-836; 837-838; 839-840; 841-842; 843-844; 845-846;847-848; 849-850; 851-852; 853-854; 855-856; 857-858; 859-860; 861-862;863-864; 865-866; 867-868; 869-870; 871-872; 873-874; 875-876; 877-878;879-880; 881-882; 883-884; 885-886; 887-888; 889-890; 891-892; 893-894;895-896; 897-898; 899-900; 901-902; 903-904; 905-906; 907-908; 909-910;911-912; 913-914; 915-916; 917-918; 919-920; 921-922; 923-924; 925-926;927-928; 929-930; 931-932; 933-934; 935-936; 937-938; 939-940; 941-942;943-944; 945-946; 947-948; 949-950; 951-952; 953-954; 955-956; 957-958;959-960; 961-962; 963-964; 965-966; 967-968; 969-970; 971-972; 973-974;975-976; 977-978; 979-980; 981-982; 983-984; 985-986; 987-988; 989-990;991-992; 993-994; 995-996; 997-998; 999-1000; 1001-1002; 1003-1004;1005-1006; 1007-1008; 1009-1010; 1011-1012; 1013-1014; 1015-1016;1017-1018; 1019-1020; 1021-1022; 1023-1024; 1025-1026; 1027-1028;1029-1030; 1031-1032; 1033-1034; 1035-1036; 1037-1038; 1039-1040;1041-1042; 1043-1044; 1045-1046; 1047-1048; 1049-1050; 1051-1052;1053-1054; 1055-1056; 1057-1058; 1059-1060; 1061-1062; 1063-1064;1065-1066; 1067-1068; 1069-1070; 1071-1072; 1073-1074; 1075-1076;1077-1078; 1079-1080; 1081-1082; 1083-1084; 1085-1086; 1087-1088;1089-1090; 1091-1092; 1093-1094; 1095-1096; 1097-1098; 1099-1100;1101-1102; 1103-1104; 1105-1106; 1107-1108; 1109-1110; 1111-1112;1113-1114; 1115-1116; 1117-1118; 1119-1120; 1121-1122; 1123-1124;1125-1126; 1127-1128; 1129-1130; 1131-1132; 1133-1134; 1135-1136;1137-1138; 1139-1140; 1141-1142; 1143-1144; 1145-1146; 1147-1148;1149-1150; 1151-1152; 1153-1154; 1155-1156; 1157-1158; 1159-1160;1161-1162; 1163-1164; 1165-1166; 1167-1168; 1169-1170; 1171-1172;1173-1174; 1175-1176; 1177-1178; 1179-1180; 1181-1182; 1183-1184;1185-1186; 1187-1188; 1189-1190; 1191-1192; 1193-1194; 1195-1196;1197-1198; 1199-1200; 1201-1202; 1203-1204; 1205-1206; 1207-1208;1209-1210; 1211-1212; 1213-1214; 1215-1216; 1217-1218; 1219-1220;1221-1222; 1223-1224; 1225-1226; 1227-1228; 1229-1230; 1231-1232;1233-1234; 1235-1236; 1237-1238; 1239-1240; 1241-1242; 1243-1244;1245-1246; 1247-1248; 1249-1250; 1251-1252; 1253-1254; 1255-1256;1257-1258; 1259-1260; 1261-1262; 1263-1264; 1265-1266; 1267-1268;1269-1270; 1271-1272; 1273-1274; 1275-1276; 1277-1278; 1279-1280;1281-1282; 1283-1284; 1285-1286; 1287-1288; 1289-1290; 1291-1292;1293-1294; 1295-1296; 1297-1298; 1299-1300; 1301-1302; 1303-1304;1305-1306; 1307-1308; 1309-1310; 1311-1312; 1313-1314; 1315-1316;1317-1318; 1319-1320; 1321-1322; 1323-1324; 1325-1326; 1327-1328;1329-1330; 1331-1332; 1333-1334; 1335-1336; 1337-1338; 1339-1340;1341-1342; 1343-1344; 1345-1346; 1347-1348; 1349-1350; 1351-1352;1353-1354; 1355-1356; 1357-1358; 1359-1360; 1361-1362; 1363-1364;1365-1366; 1367-1368; 1369-1370; 1371-1372; 1373-1374; 1375-1376;1377-1378; 1379-1380; 1381-1382; 1383-1384; 1385-1386; 1387-1388;1389-1390; 1391-1392; 1393-1394; 1395-1396; 1397-1398; 1399-1400;1401-1402; 1403-1404; 1405-1406; 1407-1408; 1409-1410; 1411-1412;1413-1414; 1415-1416; 1417-1418; 1419-1420; 1421-1422; 1423-1424;1425-1426; 1427-1428; 1429-1430; 1431-1432; 1433-1434; 1435-1436;1437-1438; 1439-1440; 1441-1442; 1443-1444; 1445-1446; 1447-1448;1449-1450; 1451-1452; 1453-1454; 1455-1456; 1457-1458; 1459-1460;1461-1462; 1463-1464; 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 9. The method according toclaim 1, wherein the sequencing is a throughput sequencing.
 10. Themethod according to claim 1 for assessing risk of developing HPV inducedcancer in patients infected with at least two different HPV species ofgroup alpha, or for assessing HPV virus clearance in patient receivingHPV preventive or curative HPV vaccine.
 11. (canceled)
 12. The method ofclaim 1, comprising calculating a ratio (R) of the number of reads of atleast one early HPV16 transcript to the number of reads of at least onelate HPV16 transcript, with a higher ratio (R) correlating with anincreased risk of developing high-grade malignant HPV-induced cancer.13. The method of claim 12, further comprising correlating a highernumber of reads of HPV16 transcripts relative to reads of transcripts ofanother HPV species with an increased risk of developing high-grademalignant HPV-induced cancer.
 14. The method of claim 12, wherein theratio is calculated by calculating a ratio (R1) of the number of readsof one HPV HR E6 and/or E7 transcripts to the number of reads of saidone HPV HR L1 and/or L2 transcripts.
 15. The method of claim 14, whereinthe ratio is calculated by calculating a ratio (R2) of the number ofreads of a second HPV HR E6 and E7 transcripts to the number of reads ofsaid second HPV HR L1 and L2 transcripts.
 16. The method of claim 12,comprising determining the number of HPV sequence reads of at least 2Alpha group HPV species.
 17. The method of claim 14, further comprisingcalculating a ratio (R1) of the number of reads of at least one earlyHPV16 transcript to the number of reads of at least one late HPV16transcript, with a higher ratio (R) correlating with an increased riskof developing high-grade malignant HPV-induced cancer.
 18. The method ofclaim 17, wherein the at least one early transcript is HPV E6 or E7 andthe at least one late transcript is L1 or L2.
 19. The method of claim 1,comprising: a) optionally, pretreating nucleic acids to remove humangenomic DNA, b) optionally, pre-amplify viral mRNAs, wherein said viralmRNAs comprises oncogenic mRNAs and at least one other mRNA, c)sequencing mRNAs, or cDNAs thereof, obtained after steps a) and b), inthe sample of a human subject, d) identifying the reads corresponding tosaid oncogenic mRNAs, e) identifying to which species or genotypes saidoncogenic mRNAs of step d) belong to, f) sorting the reads correspondingto said at least one other viral mRNAs, or cDNAs thereof obtained aftersteps a) and b), of the same genotype or species identified in step e),g) optionally, identifying fusion transcripts as a signature of viralDNA integrations events in the host chromosome and/or additional humancancer cell biomarkers, h) optionally, deleting all other sequencesincluding human sequences which are not sequences identified and sortedfollowing steps d), e), f) and g), i) computing ratios R definingmolecular abundance of said oncogenic mRNAs relative to said at leastone other viral mRNAs of the same genotype or species of step f). 20.The method according to claim 19, wherein virus induced cancer is HPVinduced cancer, wherein oncogenic mRNAs are selected from E6 and/or E7genus alpha HPV mRNAs, and wherein other viral mRNAs are selected fromat least one of genus alpha HPV mRNAs of capsid L1 and/or L2, growthstimulation E5, replication or transcription E1, E2, E4 and E8: orwherein step f) comprises sorting the reads of L1 and/or L2 HPV mRNAscorresponding to the species or genotype of E6 and/or E7 HPV mRNAsidentified in step d): or wherein step a) comprises computing ratiosdefining relative molecular abundance of E6 and/or E7 HPV mRNAs relativeto the reads of L1 and/or L2 HPV mRNAs corresponding to the species orgenotype of E6 and/or E7 HPV mRNAs: or wherein step b) comprisespre-amplifying HPVs mRNAs, wherein said mRNAs comprises E6 and/or E7 HPVmRNAs, and L1 mRNAs. 21-23. (canceled)
 24. A method for diagnosis orprognosis risk to develop HPV induced cancer comprising: (a) determiningthe level of at least a first marker selected from E6 mRNAs of groupalpha HPVs, E7 mRNAs of group alpha HPVs, or both, in the sample of apatient or in the sample of an individual suspected to be infected byHPV, wherein said level in HPV species selective, (b) comparing thelevels determined in step (a) to a reference value of E6 mRNAs of groupalpha HPVs, E7 mRNAs of group alpha HPVs, or both in low riskindividuals infected with HPVs, wherein an increased level as determinedin step a) compared to the reference level in step b) is indicative ofhigher risk to develop HPV induced cancer.
 25. The method according toclaim 19, wherein E6 or E7 mRNAs of HPVs belong to genus alpha HPVs, andwherein it comprises amplification and/or sequencing covering HPVs of atleast groups α5, 6, 7, and
 10. 26. The method according to claim 19comprising determining the level of: a) at least a first marker selectedfrom E6 mRNAs of group alpha HPVs, E7 mRNAs of group alpha HPVs, orboth, b) at least a second marker selected from L1 mRNAs of group alphaHPVs, L2 mRNAs of group alpha HPVs, or both, wherein said E6, E7, L1 andL2 mRNAs have corresponding intragenetic sequences, c) and optionally,at least one host cellular marker indicative of neoplasia or cancer. 27.The method of claim 25, wherein amplification or determination of thelevels of E6 and L1 biomarkers comprises using a composition of primerscomprising for E6: α5: both SEQ ID NO: 44 and SEQ ID NO: 45, and allthree SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 47 and SEQ ID NO: 48 and; α6: SEQ ID NO:58 or both SEQ ID NO: 59 and SEQ ID NO: 60, and both SEQ ID NO: 61 andSEQ ID NO: 62 and; α7: all three SEQ ID NO: 73, SEQ ID NO: 75 and SEQ IDNO: 76 or all three SEQ ID NO: 74, SEQ ID NO: 75 and SEQ ID NO: 76, andall five SEQ ID NO: 77, SEQ ID NO: 78, SEQ ID NO: 79, SEQ ID NO: 80 andSEQ ID NO: 81 and; α10: all three SEQ ID NO: 115, SEQ ID NO: 116, SEQ IDNO: 117 and all four SEQ ID NO: 118, SEQ ID NO: 119, SEQ ID NO: 120, SEQID NO: 121; and comprising for L1 α5: SEQ ID NO: 53 or both SEQ ID NO:54 and SEQ ID NO: 55, and both SEQ ID NO: 56 and SEQ ID NO: 57; and α6:SEQ ID NO: 71 and SEQ ID NO: 72; and α7: both SEQ ID NO: 87 and SEQ IDNO: 88, and both SEQ ID NO: 89 and SEQ ID NO: 90; and α10: both SEQ IDNO: 128, SEQ ID NO: 129 and SEQ ID NO: 130 or all four SEQ ID NO: 131,SEQ ID NO: 132, SEQ ID NO: 133, SEQ ID NO: 134; or wherein amplificationor determination of the levels of E7 and L1 biomarkers comprises using acomposition of primers comprising for E7 comprising for E7: α5: both SEQID NO: 49, SEQ ID NO: 50 and both SEQ ID NO: 51, SEQ ID NO: 52; and α6:SEQ ID NO: 63 or SEQ ID NO: 64 or SEQ ID NO: 65 SEQ ID NO: 66 or bothSEQ ID NO: 67 and SEQ ID NO: 68, and both SEQ ID NO: 69 and SEQ ID NO:70; and α7: SEQ ID NO: 82 or both SEQ ID NO: 83, SEQ ID NO: 84, and bothSEQ ID NO: 85, SEQ ID NO: 86; and α10: all three SEQ ID NO: 122, SEQ IDNO: 123 and SEQ ID NO: 124, and all three SEQ ID NO: 125, SEQ ID NO: 126and SEQ ID NO: 127; and α9: all three SEQ ID NO: 105, SEQ ID NO: 106 andSEQ ID NO: 107, and all three SEQ ID NO: 108, SEQ ID NO: 109 and 110;and α8: SEQ ID NO: 94, and both SEQ ID NO: 95 and SEQ ID NO: 96; and α1:SEQ ID NO: 3 and SEQ ID NO: 4: and α3: both SEQ ID NO: 28 and SEQ ID NO:29, and all three SEQ ID NO: 30, SEQ ID NO: 31, SEQ ID NO: 32; and α2:all three SEQ ID NO: 12, SEQ ID NO: 13 and SEQ ID NO: 14, and all threeSEQ ID NO: 15, SEQ ID NO: 16 and SEQ ID NO: 17: and α4: SEQ ID NO: 38,and SEQ ID NO: 39; and α11 SEQ ID NO: 137, and SEQ ID NO: 138; and α13:SEQ ID NO: 143, and SEQ ID NO: 144; and α14: SEQ ID NO: 149, and SEQ IDNO: 150; and comprising for L1 α5: SEQ ID NO: 53 or both SEQ ID NO: 54and SEQ ID NO: 55, and both SEQ ID NO: 56 and SEQ ID NO: 57; and α6: SEQID NO: 71 and SEQ ID NO: 72; and α7: both SEQ ID NO: 87 and SEQ ID NO:88 and both SEQ ID NO: 89 and SEQ ID NO: 90; and α10: both SEQ ID NO:128, SEQ ID NO: 129 and SEQ ID NO: 130 or all four SEQ ID NO: 131, SEQID NO: 132, SEQ ID NO: 133, SEQ ID NO: 134; and α9: both SEQ ID NO: 111and SEQ ID NO: 112, and both SEQ ID NO: 113 and SEQ ID NO: 114; and α8:SEQ ID NO: 97, and both SEQ ID NO: 98 and SEQ ID NO: 99; and α1: SEQ IDNO: 5 and SEQ ID NO: 6; and α3 SEQ ID NO: 33 and both SEQ ID NO: 34 andSEQ ID NO: 35; and α2 SEQ ID NO: 18, and both SEQ ID NO: 19 and SEQ IDNO: 20; and α4: SEQ ID NO: 40 or SEQ ID NO: 41, and SEQ ID NO: 42 or SEQID NO: 43; and α11: SEQ ID NO: 139, and SEQ ID NO: 140; and α13 SEQ IDNO: 145, and SEQ ID NO: 146; and α14: SEQ ID NO: 151 and SEQ ID NO: 152:or wherein amplification or determination of the levels of E6 and L1biomarkers comprises using a composition of primers comprising for E6:α5: both SEQ ID NO: 44 and SEQ ID NO: 45, and all three SEQ ID NO: 46,SEQ ID NO: 47 and SEQ ID NO: 48 and; α6: SEQ ID NO: 58 or both SEQ IDNO: and SEQ ID NO: 60, and both SEQ ID NO: 61 and SEQ ID NO: 62 and: α7:all three SEQ ID NO: 73, SEQ ID NO: 75 and SEQ ID NO: 76 or all threeSEQ ID NO: 74, SEQ ID NO: 75 and SEQ ID NO: 76, and all five SEQ ID NO:77, SEQ ID NO: 78, SEQ ID NO: 79, SEQ ID NO: 80 and SEQ ID NO: 81 and;α10: all three SEQ ID NO: 115, SEQ ID NO: 116, SEQ ID NO: 117 and allfour SEQ ID NO: 118, SEQ ID NO: 119, SEQ ID NO: 120, SEQ ID NO: 121, andcomprising for L1 α5: SEQ ID NO: 53 or both SEQ ID NO: 54 and SEQ ID NO:55, and both SEQ ID NO: 56 and SEQ ID NO: 57; and α6: SEQ ID NO: 71 andSEQ ID NO: 72; and α7: both SEQ ID NO: 87 and SEQ ID NO: 88 and both SEQID NO: 89 and SEQ ID NO: 90; and α10: both SEQ ID NO: 128, SEQ ID NO:129 and SEQ ID NO: 130 or all four SEQ ID NO: 131, SEQ ID NO: 132, SEQID NO: 133, SEQ ID NO: 134; or wherein amplification or determination ofthe levels of E6 and L1 biomarkers comprises using a composition ofprimers comprising for E6: α5: both SEQ ID NO: 44 and SEQ ID NO: 45, andall three SEQ ID NO: 46, SEQ ID NO: 47 and SEQ ID NO: 48 and; α6: SEQ IDNO: 58 or both SEQ ID NO: 59 and SEQ ID NO: 60, and both SEQ ID NO: 61and SEQ ID NO: 62 and: α7: all three SEQ ID NO: 73, SEQ ID NO: 75 andSEQ ID NO: 76 or all three SEQ ID NO: 74, SEQ ID NO: 75 and SEQ ID NO:76, and all five SEQ ID NO: 77, SEQ ID NO: 78, SEQ ID NO: 79, SEQ ID NO:80 and SEQ ID NO: 81 and α10: all three SEQ ID NO: 115, SEQ ID NO: 116,SEQ ID NO: 117 and all four SEQ ID NO: 118, SEQ ID NO: 119, SEQ ID NO:120, SEQ ID NO: 121; and α9: both SEQ ID NO: 100 and SEQ ID NO: 101 andall three SEQ ID NO: 102, SEQ ID NO: 103 and SEQ ID NO: 104; and α8: SEQID NO: 91, and both SEQ ID NO: 92 and SEQ ID NO: 93; and α1: SEQ ID NO:1 and SEQ ID NO: 2; and α3: all three SEQ ID NO: 21, SEQ ID NO: 22 andSEQ ID NO: 23, and all four SEQ ID NO: 24, SEQ ID NO: 25, SEQ ID NO: 26and SEQ ID NO: 27; and α2 and both SEQ ID NO: 7 and SEQ ID NO: 8, andall three SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 10 and SEQ ID NO: 11; and α4: SEQ IDNO: 36, and SEQ ID NO: 37; and α11: SEQ ID NO: 135, and SEQ ID NO: 136;and α13 SEQ ID NO: 141, and SEQ ID NO: 142; and α14: SEQ ID NO: 147, andSEQ ID NO: 148, and comprising for L1, α5: SEQ ID NO: 53 or both SEQ IDNO: 54 and SEQ ID NO: 55 and both SEQ ID NO: 56 and SEQ ID NO: 57; andα6: SEQ ID NO: 71 and SEQ ID NO: 72; and α7: both SEQ ID NO: 87 and SEQID NO: 88 and both SEQ ID NO: SEQ ID NO: 89 and SEQ ID NO: 90; and α10:both SEQ ID NO: 128, SEQ ID NO: 129 and SEQ ID NO: 130 or all four SEQID NO: 131, SEQ ID NO: 132, SEQ ID NO: 133, SEQ ID NO: 134; and α9: bothSEQ ID NO: 111 and SEQ ID NO: 112, and both SEQ ID NO: 113 and SEQ IDNO: 114; and α8: SEQ ID NO: 97, and both SEQ ID NO: 98 and SEQ ID NO:99; and α1: SEQ ID NO: 5 and SEQ ID NO: 6; and α3 SEQ ID NO: 33 and bothSEQ ID NO: 34 and SEQ ID NO: 35: and α2 SEQ ID NO: 18, and both SEQ IDNO: 19 and SEQ ID NO: 20; and α4: SEQ ID NO: 40 or SEQ ID NO: 41, andSEQ ID NO: 42 or SEQ ID NO: 43; and α11: SEQ ID NO: 139, and SEQ ID NO:140: and α13 SEQ ID NO: 145, and SEQ ID NO: 146; and α14: SEQ ID NO: 151and SEQ ID NO: 152; or wherein said primers further comprise at leastone of: a functional group for covalent coupling at the 5′ or 3′ end,such as a terminal group comprising a thiol, amine or carboxyl group, aspacer molecule or sequence at the 5′ or 3′ end, additional sequences asindex or tag sequences to perform pre or post additional and generalamplification steps not depending on the target sequences to bequantified. 28-31. (canceled)
 32. A composition of primers as defined inclaim 6; or comprising at least one primer selected from SEQ ID No 153to 158: or comprising at least one primer selected from SEQ ID NO: 219to
 1816. 33-34. (canceled)
 35. A composition of primers according toclaim 32 wherein said primers further comprise at least one of: afunctional group for covalent coupling at the 5′ or 3′ end, such as aterminal group comprising a thiol, amine or carboxyl group, a spacermolecule or sequence at the 5′ or 3′ end, additional sequences as indexor tag sequences to perform pre or post additional and generalamplification steps not depending on the target sequences to bequantified.
 36. A kit for diagnosis or prognosis risk to develop HPVinduced cancer comprising: a) a composition of primers according toclaim 32, b) reagents to detect or sequence amplification products. 37.A kit for diagnosis or prognosis risk to develop HPV induced cancercomprising: a) primers or probes for detecting at least a first markerselected from E6 mRNAs of group alpha HPVs, E7 mRNAs of group alphaHPVs, or both, b) primers or probes for detecting at least a secondmarker selected from L1 mRNAs of group alpha HPVs, L2 mRNAs of groupalpha HPVs, or both, wherein said E6, E7, L1 and L2 mRNAs havecorresponding intragenetic sequences, c) and optionally, primers orprobes for detecting at least one host cellular marker indicative ofneoplasia or cancer.
 38. The kit of claim 37, further comprising atleast 1 control containing a known ratio of E6 and/or E7 to L1 and/orL2.